Pop/Rock/Strange: Original LPs
The Word: Everything from select top pop & rock (instrumental & vocal) of the normal kind to "incredibly strange" classics & unknowns, including micro-label oddballs, spoken (literature, instruction, product-promotional, etc.), occult curios, perky percussion, cheesecake jackets, ham-fisted amateurism, greasy kid stuff, and other manna.
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Lou Adessa & Vince Benay: Chevrolet Sings of Safe Driving & You; Columbia Special Products CSM-838; V+/N- S $50 -- commerce/pseudo-folk; GM may be on hard times now, but back in the '60s they issued this wonder (one of the most desirable commerce-promo LPs) to attract the youth market, presumably; 8 zippy, original songs cashing in on the latter days of the '60s folk movement & urging drivers not to tear up the roads in a powerful new Chevy; some songs will appeal to funk and psyche collectors (you don't have to like folk); An Exciting Thing, Grown-Up Baby, Cities & Towns, Nowhere Fast, Gentle Things, When the Wrong Thing Happnes, The Natural Laws, Man-Made Laws
Manny Albam: Drum Feast; United Artists UAS-6079; 1960; deep groove E-/E S $20 -- percussion; a classic for beatheads & several cuts above similar fare by peers Dick Schory, Mike Simpson, etc. (closer to such masterpieces as Les Baxter's Teen Drums); gorgeous, clever art concept has banquet-on-drum-kit jacket & liners as "Menu for Drum Feast": Drum Feast, Pickled Beats, Cymbal Soup, Egg Foo Gong, Mallet Salad, Rare Snare, Stick Fricassee, Tea 'n Tympani, Traps Suzettes, A Sip of Drum Bouie; some light marks but plays fine (very thick vinyl!)
Aki Aleong & his Licorice Twisters: Twistin' the Hits; Reprise R-6011; 1961; deep groove E+/N $30 -- twist; scarce, wonderful LP by the TV star/dancer/musician; Unchain My Heart, Lion Sleeps Tonight, Ya Ya, Please Mr. Postman, Big Bad John, Fool #1, Walk On By..
Aki Aleong & his Teen Twenty: C'mon Baby Let's Dance; Reprise R-6020; 1961; deep groove, white-label promo E-/E+ $30 -- twist; scarce, wonderful LP by the TV star/dancer/musician; "Now Let's Popeye" is the big hit here; The Roach, The Stroll, Hully Gully, The Grind, Surfer's Stomp, Pony-Time..
Davie Allan & the Arrows: Blues Theme; Tower T-5078; cutout E+/E+ $35 ($40 total w/Apache '65) -- compilation prod. Mike Curb gives photos of the group & most of the best tunes in one place (in true mono); Blues Theme, King Fuzz, Thunderball, William Tell 1967, Action on the Street, Wild Angels, Uknown, Fuzz, Sorry 'Bout That, Ghost Riders in the Sky
Duane Allman: An Anthology; Capricorn CPN-2-0108; 1972; 2-LP gatefold cutout w/16-page photo booklet N/N- S $15 -- terrific anthology compiling top session work (mostly for Atlantic--some the label's best records!), w/some previously unreleased Duane Allman recordings, a previously unreleased Hourglass cut ("B.B. King Medley"), & a whole side of Allman Bros. (one previously unreleased alternate); w/Boz Scaggs, Wilson Pickett, Aretha Franklin, Joe South, Clarence Carter, John Hammond, Johnny Jenkins, Delaney & Bonnie, Eric Clapton, Derek & the Dominoes, Cowboy
Annette's Beach Party; Buena Vista BV-3316; 1963; cutout E+/E $25 -- surf; her hippest/best LP chockablock w/swinging songs from the AIP film, which stars Dick Dale & others; nice jacket scenes, too!; Pineapple Princess, Surfin' Luau, Beach Party, Secret Surfin' Spot, California Sun, Swingin' & Surfin'..
The United States Army: The Army Opportunities Album; [no #] N-/N $15 -- spoken w/music; "career messages presented by the U.S. Army Recruiting Command...do not use after June, 1974"; our favorite Army recruitment LP has wonderful radio promotional spots of various types (one even w/futuristic electronic sounds) on Side 1 & really fine interviews Side 2; also curious is the jacket photo of groovy civilian couple on motorcycle (less deadly than combat, at least)
The Astronauts: Surfin' with the Astronauts; RCA Victor LPM-2760; AUTOGRAPHED!!! V+/V $40 -- surf; some vocal, some instrumental, considered their best LP (or one of the 2 best); plays really, really well despite visible disc wear (finger prints, etc.); the added value is it's autographed by the entire band; Batman, Kuk (terrific original), Baja, Misirlou, Pipeline, Banzai Pipeline, Let's Go Trippin', Movin' (GREAT), Surfer's Stomp, Surfin' USA, Susie-Q, Baby Let's Play House
The Astronauts: Rockin' with the Astronauts; RCA Victor PRM-183; 1965; deep groove 1st press N-/N- $25 -- rock/guitar/hot rod/surf; mono-only record club comp gives you not only fresh art & liner notes but also some of their best work (surf & hot rod, anyway); some vocal, mostly instrumental; Bo Diddley, Be-Bop-A-Lu-La, Little Ford Ragtop, Twist & Shout, Baja, Let the Good Times Roll, Crawfish Song, Competition Coupe, Shortnin' Bread, Banzai Pipeline
The Astronauts: Go...Go...Go!; RCA Victor LPM-3307; 1965; deep groove, 3rd N/E+ shrink $20 -- nice!; Quiet Village, Gouch, Go Go Go!, Almost Grown, I'm a Fool, Hey Sugarfoot, Out of Sight Out of Mind..
Frank Barber (Deep Percussion) -- see Moog
The Barry Sisters: Something Spanish; ABCS-578; E+/E S $20 -- vocal; arr. & cond. by the great Chico O'Farrill
The Bat Boys: Batman; Pickwick/Design DLP-249; 1966; E/E- S $20 -- instrumental; terrific original works inspired by the Batman TV show but unique!; guitar, organ, drums, some effects (car engine sounds); Batman, Mighty Mayhem, Cheatin' Charlie, Uppercut Blues, Fight Flight, The Villain Strikes, Out with the In Crowd, Behind the 8 Ball, Mars' Visitor, It's Murder!
Ruth Batchelor & Voices of Liberation: Songs for Women's Liberation-Reviving a Dream; Femme 82671; sealed S $25
Harper's Bazaar Exercise Album (Bazaar's Secret Formula for a Beautiful New You); Capitol WAO-1522; N-/E $25 -- instructional; NY fashion mag presents an accented voice telling how to exercise w/gentle continental/celestial music in the background (a far cry from today's aggressive power workout!); inner leaves give illustrated text; charming, dated, scarce, and it's just so very you!
The Beagles: Here Come the Beagles TV ST; Columbia/Harmony HS-14561; sealed ES $75 -- rare!; obscure CBS Saturday morning TV show (from the Bubblegum days) & even more unseen ST--still unopened!; it's a couple of guitar-playing, singing "dogs" who do their own rock (not Beatles covers or imitations); oddly enough, it's arranged & conducted by the legendary Charles Fox (big name in Latin jazz); Looking for the Beagles, Indian Love Dance, I'd Join the Foreign Legion, Be the Captain, Humpty Dumpty, Thanks to the Man in the Moon, I Wanna Capture You, You Satisfy
Beat poets & beatnik -- see beatnik-crime-spy
Vinnie Bell: Pop Goes the Electric Sitar; Decca DL-74938; cutout N-/N S $75 -- sitar; famous for the artist, jacket, title, & "incredibly strange music"; but perhaps the most significant aspect is the liners, which show & tell about the Coral Electric sitar--a major part of guitar (& pop/rock) history, as well as offer a bio of 1st-call, session-guitarist, superstar Bell; Goin' Out of My Head, Quiet Village(!), Eleanor Rigby, Shadow of Your Smile, Lara's Theme, Somethin' Stupid..
Vinnie Bell: Good Morning Starshine; Decca DL-75138; N/N shrink S $25 (or cutout N/N- shrink S $20, specify) -- guitar/sitar/Moog; desirable at least for the 2 "Hair" cuts (title cut & "Aquarius"--w/sitar & Moog!!!) which probably are leftovers from the historic "Pop Goes the Electric Sitar" session; Hey Jude, Romeo & Juliet theme, Love Me Tonight, Les Bicyclettes de Belsize, Because of You..
Vincent Bell: Airport Love Theme; Decca DL-75212; 1970; N/N shrink S $20 -- guitar; showcase for the new "water sound" guitar from Midnight Cowboy; Nikki, Everybody's Talkin', The Damned theme, Shadow of Your Smile..
Harry Breuer & his Quintet: Mallet Magic; Audio Fidelity AFSD-5825; 1958; gatefold; silver/deep groove w/catalog insert E+/N- S $25 (or same but E+/V+* $20, specify) -- percussion; superior precursor to "Mallet Mischief" is the ultimate in rinky-dink percussion, truly terrific!; Bumble Bee Bolero just one of several great cuts; dynamic sound more lively than RCA's Stereo Action, Time, or Command & it's a lot more creative, upbeat, & interesting than most in those series; *light surface marks that don't sound
Harry Breuer & his Quintet, Vol. 2: Mallet Mischief; Audio Fidelity AFSD-5882; 1958; gatefold; silver/deep groove N/N $40 (or E/N S $20, specify) -- percussion/bongos; fantastic, rinky-dink, non-drum-kit percussion, capped off by hall-of-fame cheesecake/space-age-bachelor-pad jacket (see Incredibly Strange Music cover)
see also Moog for Harry Breuer/J.J. Perrey collaborations
Sebastian Cabot, Actor--Bob Dylan, Poet--A Dramatic Reading with Music; MGM SE-4431; N/N shrink S $35 -- golden throat/spoken w/music; the beloved "Family Affair" star renders "It Ain't Me Babe" & others in high style; weird, funny, one of the best golden-throat LPs; Blowin' in the Wind, Like a Rolling Stone, Boots of Spanish Leather, Quit Your Lowdown Ways, Times a-Changin', Don't Think Twice..
[Al Caiola &] The Guitars Unlimited Plus 7; RCA Victor Stereo Action LSA-2371; 1961; die-cut, deep groove E/N- S $25 -- guitar; instrumental; one of the best in the series & one of the scarcest; Expresso (GREAT!), Diga Diga Doo, Air Mail Special, Puppet on a String, Crazy Rhythm..
Al Caiola: All Strung Out; United Artists UAS-6553; 1966; N/N shrink $30 -- his hippest & best!; quartet w/George Duvivier, Grady Tate, Ernie Hayes (or Paul Griffin, Lowrey organ), in which he sounds like Kenny Burrell at his best; Mas Que Nada, So Nice (Summer Samba), Cherry Cherry, Flamingo, but the best is the fantastic groovy original, "Scratchin'" (mod soul-jazz/funky blues/rare groove!!!)..
Yvonne de Carlo Sings; Masterseal (no #); 1957; deep groove E+/E+ $30 -- celebrity/golden throat/female vocal/torch singer; w/John Towner; long before the late actress became Lily Munster, just before even her role in the classic Ten Commandments epic, she made this minor collectors item (hard to find!); beautiful jacket, romantic singing
David Carroll: Percussion in Hi-Fi; Mercury SR-60003; 1st, deep groove E+/E+ S $15 -- percussion/instrumental; his best & one of the best of its kind, for standouts "Cricket" (very Harry Breuer-esque, original, insect tune!) & "Hell's Bells" (both orchestrated by famed percussionist Mike Simpson); also notable: "Malaguena" (scored by Carl Stevens), the original version of the "Discussion in Percussion" suite, & exotica (Jungle Drums, Bali Ha'i)
Pat Collins (The Hip Hypnotist): Sleep with Pat Collins!; GNP Crescendo GNP-93; deep groove cutout N/N- shrink S $50 -- comedy/lounge act/hypnosis; recorded live at the Interlude on Sunset Strip, Hollywood; w/Geordie Hormel Trio; awesome jacket of scenes from the show & Collins' disembodied, floating head (Korla Pandit style) tinted blue; scenes include getting subjects to play drum solos (samplers take note) & hula-dance
The Conti Family; Sounds of America CF-3220; V/V S $30 -- lounge act; 1 of the big 2, for the The Conti Kids' "Hey Boogie Mama" (funky); low-priced for condition--some wear & noise
The Conti Family; Seabird [no #]; autographed N/N S $15 -- lounge act; whie not one of the famous 2 earlier ones, it's signed, has a group photo & liners, and "You've Got Me Goin' Baby" (Gino Conti solo, disco-funk) comes close to being a hip cut; some other interesting moments, such as "Be Careful Boy" sung by the girls
Neil Copeland: Titanic ST; Vantage LBP-1050; 1973; gatefold E+/E- $60 -- wow! worth it just for the incredible photos (b/w stills) & original color artwork; "the complete original Award winning C.B.C. Broadcast" (Canadian Broadcast Comany, though this rare LP was made locally in PA); "Titanic--The unforgettable story as told by the actual survivors of this most incredible marine disaster"; still the best Titanic movie!
The Corporation--A "Sound" Contemporary Musical Investment; ABC/Command RS-929-SD; gatefold cutout E+/E S $20 -- mod/guitar/sitar; w/Phil Kraus, Dick Hyman, Vinnie Bell, Bucky Pizzarelli, Al Casamenti..; one of the lesser-known "hip" Command LPs (transition to Project 3) & a favorite oddball discovery/guilty pleasure, it features electric sitar, mod guitar, & happening drums; Daydream Believer, To Sir w/Love, Lazy Day, Peabody Pipe Cleaner, Sebato Sera, Lonely Rider, The Lonesome Road..
Dominic Cortese: Accordion Continental; Time S/2007; deep groove E+/N- S $15 -- accordion on a worldy theme; a favorite; nice small group (Tony Mottola, Frank Carroll, Bob Rosengarden) in great stereo sound w/strong arrangements; O Apito No Samba, Piccadilly, Monaco, Desafinado, Babushka, I Wish You Love..
Jack Costanzo -- see beatnik-crime-spy & Latin
Buster Crabbe: The Official Adventures of Flash Gordon; MGM/Leo the Lion CH-1028; 1966; sealed $30 -- spoken/kids/space/sci-fi; "Astounding Live-Action Tales on the Planet Mongo!"; great color jacket art; two tales starring Flash Gordon with Dale Arden, Dr. Zarkov, & Ming the Merciless: "The Decoys of Ming the Merciless," "Flash Gordon & the Mole Machine"
Bob Crewe Generation/Charles Fox/The Glitterhouse: Barbarella ST; Dynovoice DY-31908; cutout N/N- shrink S $70 -- mod/space; far-out Jane Fonda space jacket (color sketch, anyway) graces a wonder of hip, funky, psyche-y weirdness: fuzz-tone, "water sound" guitar, & wordless choruses galore
Dante & his Orchestra: Serenades for Sex Kittens; Carlton 101; deep groove E+/E $20 -- cheesecake jacket/orchestra; everything on the "handcrafted" Carlton label is interesting; here the attraction is the famous, "incredibly strange" jacket of woman in negligee holding siamese cat while perched on neck of giant stringed instrument
James Darren: Gidget Goes Hawaiian--James Darren Sings the Movies; Colpix CP-418; deep groove E/E $20
Lenny Dee: Dee-Licious!; Decca DL-8275; deep groove E-/E $15 -- Hammond "Hi-Fi Organ Solos with a Beat"; masterful, pre-stereo wonder is one of his scarcest, if not THE hardest to find; Hawaiian War Chant, Jersey Bounce, Honky Tonk Train Blues, Delicious, Fan Tango, Stompin' at the Savoy, Alabamy Bound..
Frank DeVol: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ST; Colgems COS-108; 1968; 1st/deep groove E/N- S $25 (or E-/E+ S $20, specify) -- mod/sitar; many are the attractions: rare label/ST, great film/stars (Poitier, Hepburn..), jacket stills, liners by crazy Mort Goode, but you need it for 2 valuable instrumentals: "Drive In" (swinging mod) & "Groovy Delivery Boy," a dynamite mod-soul/boogaloo w/sitar(!) mover that's perfect for DJs but few people seem to know about (a bit like Shocking Blue)
Neil Diamond: Velvet Gloves & Spit; MCA 37056; sealed cutout S $25 (or E/N S $20, specify) -- yes, there really is a hip Neil Diamond LP!; legendary for the nutty 4-min. wonder "The Pot Smoker's Song," which features confessional interview-narratives by young hipster-dopers punched up by Neil's inscrutably chirpy chorus!--"hip, hip, you want to be hip--you're nowhere at all if you don't take a trip"; also: Shilo, Two-Bit Manchild, Holiday Inn Blues, Brooklyn Roads, Sunday Sun, Practically Newborn..
Walt Disney's The Enchanted Tiki Room [From Disneyland--The Original Sound Track of the Tiki Room & the Adventurous Jungle Room; Disneyland ST-3966; 1968; gatefold w/inner leaves; 1st/purple N/N $25 (or 1st/purple E+/E+ $20, specify) -- documents 2 classic exotic attractions, "The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room" & the Jungle Cruise; the deluxe inner leaves' photos & sketches may be the best part
Disney: The Official Album of Disneyland/Walt Disney World; Disneyland/Vista 2510; 1980 -- see Moog
Dean Elliott: Zounds! What Sounds! Capitol ST-1818; E+/N S $125 (or mono T-1818 N-/E+ $90, specify) -- odd pop/percussion; one of the top 3 or so incredibly strange/"space-age bachelor pad" holy grails; legendary, one-off, powerhouse album of hot big-band jazz material w/super-slick arrangements featuring incredible "found" industrial & domestic sounds; as if Esquivel did "Music from a Surplus Store" or Michel Magne/Andre Popp stuff but WAY on steroids!!!; probably the best thing on Capitol of the period (certainly their best stereo showcase ever); great jacket of women on cement mixer w/instruments top it off
Preston Epps: Bongo Bongo Bongo; Original Sound OSR-LPM-5002; 1960/1959; black label/deep groove cutout E-/V+ S $25 -- bongo rock/exotica; Side 1 inspired Michael Viner's Incredible Bongo Band & a generation: Bongo in the Congo, Bongo Rock, Jungle Drums, Doin' the Cha Cha Cha, Bongo Bongo Bongo, Bongos in Pastel; Side 2 is Call of the Jungle, 13 minutes of exotic, Afro-Cuban/Santeria insanity!; jacket seams masking taped
Esquivel: Infinity in Sound; RCA Victor LSP-2225; 1960; deep groove N-/N- S $30 -- instrumental/wordless chorus; "For Hi-Fanatics"; the Mexican maestro's 2 "Infinity" volumes epitomize the sensationally inventive, Space-Age Bachelor Pad pop sound as well represent his own peak of making VERY expensively produced US LPs (his Mexican work tends to be a little different); if you've heard a couple of cuts on compilations be assured the rest of the tunes are just as worthy, & anyway you definitely need vinyl for the total experience!
Esquivel 45s -- see Latin 45
Leon Everette: Goodbye King of Rock 'n' Roll (A Tribute to Elvis--"The World's Greatest Star Has Come Home"); World Wide/True T-1002-LPS; 1977; gatefold; V+/E S $40 -- rare, original tribute by an early impersonator; w/Pete Wade, Pig Robbins, Sonny Garrish, Charlie McCoy..; missing poster but plenty of photos & liner notes; Goodbye King of Rock 'n' Roll, The World's Greatest Star Has Come Home, I Heard You Calling hi Name, In the Midnight Hour, I'm Tired of Honky Tonk Heroes, I Love that Woman (Like the Devil Loves Sin), Still Loving You..
Bill Faith (w/Frank Hunter): A Guitar to Remember; Chancellor CHLS-5007; deep groove N-/E- S $15 -- guitar/exotica/chorus; very rare, small-label Philadelphia LP featuring striking jacket art (beatnik-worthy); Faith plays pop-jazz guitar in the cafe style of late-'50s, small-group Caiola, Mottola, Burrell, Lowe, etc.; also impressive are Frank Hunter's backgrounds, w/voice on a couple of cuts (things get ethereal here in a way that presages his legendary exotica masterpiece, "White Goddess")
The Amazing Rock Ferrante: Rock 'n' Rhythm; Savoy 12305; 1973; flexi cutout N-/E- S $20 -- organ (pop & soul-jazz); great little obscurity, oddly enough on the R&B/jazz label Savoy; the artist is won the Grand Prix--Yamaha Organ World Championship in Tokyo, 1973; some uptempo hip tunes (Blues-Ett, Moon Rock, The Beat Goes On, Wave) as well as squarer stuff; some pops (typical of the Savoy pressing) but priced accordingly
The Flying Dutchman--One Man Band Show; [no label] LP-102576 (live); autographed E/N- S $20 -- lounge act/accordion; yes, a terrible one-man-band act!; local, private-pressed, rare & obscure as the dickens, incredibly strange!; Hound Dog (Elvis!), Goin' Down the Road, Spanish Eyes, Hey Good Lookin', Mountain Due (sic)..
The Folkswingers featuring Harihar Rao on Sitar: Raga Rock; World Pacific WP-1846; deep groove E+/N shrink $40 (or deep groove cutout E+/N $35, specify) -- raga rock/pop-psyche sitar; the only LP w/Harihar Rao, famed sitar master who led the Hindustani Jazz Sextet (teaching Emil Richards, Bill Plummer, & other Indo-jazz luminaries) in the early days of California sitar-psyche; also w/Hal Blaine & a slew of first-call West Coast axe-slingers: Dennis Budimir, Tommy Tedesco, Howard Roberts, Herb Ellis; Shapes of Things, Raga Rock (original!), Paint It Black, Eight Miles High, Norwegian Wood, Kicks, Hey Joe, Grim Reaper of Love..
The Free Design: You Could Be Born Again; Command/Project 3 PR-5031-SD; 1968; gatefold white-label promo N/E+ S $50 -- vocal/harmony; rare!; complete w/gushing shades of praise by Phil Ramone; California Dreaming, Eleanor Rigby, An Elegy, Happy Together, I Found Love, Daniel Dolphin..
Sir Julian Gould: A Knight at the Organ; RCA Victor LSP-2591; 2nd/deep groove E/E+ S $25 -- his 2nd of 2 for the label, much rarer than the first & quite exciting for its sparser arrangements (in which bongos figure prominently); Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Isle of Baion..; some pops heard but healthy & nicely priced
Sir Julian Gould: The 13 Fingers of Sir Julian; RCA Victor LSP-2372 RE; E+/E S $20 -- "Dazzling Electronic Organ"; not the earliest pressing but a good value (any clean stereo is scarce); Caravan, 3rd Man, Sir Julian's Mambo, Peanut Vendor, Lover, Bach Goes Berserk..
Sir Julian Gould: Love is Blue; UA/Unart MS-21029; 1968; N/N shrink S $20 -- organ/mod; last of his 3 LPs & the only on UA; jacket shows a Hammond; You Only Live Twice, Good/Bad/Ugly, A Man & a Woman, Goin' Out of My Head, Green Tambourine, Live for Live, Love is Blue..
Grateful Dead concert-movie posters
Guitar Slim Green's "Stone Down Blues" w/Johnny & Shuggie Otis; Cadet/United US-7764; N-/E+ shrink S $20 -- Shake 'Em Up, Bumble Bee Blues, Make Love All Night, This War Ain't Right, Big Fine Thing..
Dave Harris & the Powerhouse Five: Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals; Decca DL-4113; deep groove/1st press N-/E+ $100 -- very rare, excellent Raymond Scott Quintet tribute (all their greatest hits covered in modern, hi-fi style) led by the featured sax soloist of the original Quintet; the sensational jacket steals the show, however; very slight dishpan warp does not affect play
Shri Ben Hayeem: Song of Kama--the Hindu Rites of Love (Kama Sutra); Jubilee/Jay-Gee/Festival M-6701; 1966; N/E- shrink $60 -- sex ed/Indian; spoken w/music; beautiful exotic jacket; top performance ("with the music of Master Musicians of India") makes it one of the very best records on sex; best of all it's rare!
Lee Hazlewood: Poet, Fool, or Bum; Capitol AT-11171; 1973; cutout N/N shrink S $25 -- vocal/hip country; highly desirable now (the late producer was way ahead of his time); title track is great & other highlights include an update of Nancy & Me & other originals; covers are Come Spend the Morning (Leonard Cohen), Those Were Days of Roses (Tom Waits), & Heaven is my Woman's Love
Mel Henke (La Dolce Henke & Dynamic Adventures in Sound) -- see Beatnik-Crime-Spy
Jimi Hendrix: Nine to the Universe; Reprise 7599-22299-1; 1980/1969; deep groove, 1st N/N- shrink S $20 -- rare late session of jazz/fusion jams w/legendary soul-jazz organist Larry Young on 1 long cut (also Buddy Miles, Billy Cox, Mitch Mitchell..); unreleased until a decade had passed; different than other Hendrix & really shows where things might have gone if he'd lived
Burt Henry: In the Raw; Fax FX-6018; N-/N- $65 -- adult humor/nude cheesecake jacket; one of the more famous & wanted items of its kind; top shape & even includes a catalog insert showing that gives you thumbnails of 27 other rare such LPs (bare breasts au go go); jacket shows nude blonde in boa before mirror
Buddy Holly & the Crickets: The Buddy Holly Story; Coral CRL-57279; E-/V+ maroon/red&black deep groove $125 -- the real thing!; plays very well (great sound/very little noise) & priced at a fraction of book value; jacket quite good, seams intact
Buddy Holly & the Crickets; Coral CRL-757405; E+/V 1st press S $75 -- the real thing!; plays very well (great sound/very little noise) but with wear it's priced at a fraction of book value; nice jacket, seams intact; original inner sleeve
Buddy Holly special: both rare collectors items: $150 postpaid (Oh Boy!)
The Holy Modal Rounders: Good Taste is Timeless; Mainstream MD-1039; 1971; promo(!) E+/N- S $40 -- rock/strange; "Good Taste is Timeless"; prod. by Bob Dorough!; Boobs a Lot, City Blues, Alligator Man, Black Bottom, Happy Scrapple Daddy Polka, Generalonely, The Whole World Oughta Go On a Vacation..
Joe Houston: Kicking Back; Big Town BT-1004; 1978; sealed S $40 -- rock/funk; rare, uncut, & sealed!; Hawaiian Disco, T-Bone Disco, Baby What You Want Me to Do, Trippin' In, & Why Don't You Rock Me are in his classic r&b/blues-rock-twist style (won't disappoint fans of his earlier work); "Mr. Big 'H'" is like James Brown, and Kicking Back Parts 1 & 2" is funk/soul (good for funk DJs)
Howlin' Wolf: Chester Burnett AKA Howlin' Wolf; GRT/Chess 2CH-60016; 1972/1951-1965; 2-LP gatefold cutout V+/E+ $20 -- blues; truly comprehensive "best of" delivers 24 great, powerful songs; every one of his hits we can think of (all the ones covered by Cream, Rolling Stones, Koko Taylor, etc., as well as B-sides and lesser-knowns); nice liner notes; spindle scrape on "Spoonful" (just in the fade-out) is barely audible, otherwise clean in righteous hi-fi; behold the mighty inspiration for Captain Beefheart who in turn inspired that Tom Waits character!
"J" (Connie Z.): The Way to Become the Sensuous Woman; Atlantic SD-7209; 1971; E+/N- S $25 -- sex-ed; the classic, hilarious instructional LP (based on the 1969 best-selling book) that influenced all subsequent sex-ed LPs and inspired several spoofs/tributes, not to mention the zillions of formerly inhibited housewives who found their groove with the help of this LP (or book, or both) & the Pill; essential & fun!
Wanda Jackson; Capitol T-1041; [Capitol logo at top] N-/N- $100 -- rockabilly; not 1st press but spectacular condition (jacket & disc)--plays flawlessly; Long Tall Sally, Let's Have a Party, Money Honey..
Wanda Jackson: Right or Wrong; Capitol ST-1596; E-/V+ S $15 -- rockabilly/country; rockabilly queen's very happening 4th LP transides b/w her fantastic early rock[abilly] (Sticks & Stones, Stupid Cupid, Slippin' & a Slidin', Brown Eyed Handsome Man, Who Shot Sam, My Baby Left Me) & subsequent country stage (Right or Wrong, Why I'm Walking, The Window Up Above..); beautiful jacket, great sound; priced at rock bottom for heavy surface wear but plays terrificly (great bargain)
Wanda Jackson: Wonderful Wanda; Capitol T-1776; 3rd N-/E+ $20 (or later cutout E/E+ $15, specify) -- one of her earliest country LPs is one of the toughest to find; has hit "In the Middle of a Heartache"
Wanda Jackson: The Best of; Capitol Starline ST-2883; Singapore issue N/E+ S $20 -- the one to have if you're not going to get all her great country LPs; Santo Domingo (in German!), Let's Have a Party, Right or Wrong, Reckless Love Affair, Tears Will be the Chaser for Your Wine..; and, as a bonus, nice EMI-Singapore inner sleeve shows Malay LPs
Bobby Jay & the Hawks: The Watusi (Everybody's Doing It Vol. 1); Warner Bros. 1562; cutout N-/N S $30 -- watusi/dance rock; the kind of stupid-fun, uptempo, instrumental dance-rock LP you crave but almost never find (even dance rock can be so square); one of the best in a scarce series of 3, w/guitar, sax, organ, even a drum break or 2!; fully illustrated dance instructions; the killer cut, believe it or not, is "If I Had a Hammer" (Batman should have Batusi'd to this!) but it all rocks; Farmer John, Be Bop a Lula, Wild Watusi, Lana, La Kookoo Watusi, Coffee Time, Louie Louie, Watusi Beach, Watusi Lucy..
Spike Jones: Dinner Music for People Who Aren't Very Hungry--Spike Jones Demonstrates Your Hi-Fi; Verve MGV-4005; orange deep groove N-/E+ $25 -- classic of odd pop (jacket seen in Incredibly Strange Music) in top shape; all kinds of crazy instruments & sounds, such as the "Poontangaphone"; scandalous tunes: Wyatt Earp Makes Me Burp, The Sneezin' Bee, Brahm's Alibi, Chloe, Cocktails for Two, The Sow Song..
Jackie Kannon's Music for Rat Fink Lovers; Rat Fink 1313; 1964; N/N- shrink S $25 -- makeout music, but it's desired mainly for the hall-of-fame jacket, which combines mod cheesecake & a hip/jive/beatnik theme, e.g., "Psychotics, Neurotics, and Whacked-Out Erotics"; on the back, creative liners include a score chart for listing "rat finks I have played this album for"; scarce, impeccable copy!
Mickey Katz: The Hits of; Capitol Starline T-298; N-/N- $20 -- his best early parodies (originally 78rpm singles) but here in hi-fi; Kiss of Meyer, Herring Boats, Sound Off, Borscht Riders in the Sky, Yiddish Mule Train, Geshray of Devilde Kotchke, Bagle Call Rag, Duvid Crockett, The Baby the Bubbe & You, She'll be Coming 'Round the Katzkills, Come on'a My House, C'est Si Bon (Ces Tzi-Bon)
Mickey Katz & his Orchestra; Capitol T-298; N-/N $20 -- same LP as above but different issue/jacket design; "Prepare for good fun and rollicking laughter--for it's Mickey Katz, the world-famed dialect comedian who leaves audiences reeling in the aisles.."
Mickey Katz: Mish Mosh; Capitol T-799; 1st label E/N $25 -- packed with some of his best parodies & featuring the famous "butcher block" jacket; 16 Tons, Schlemiel of Fortune, Tweedle Dee, A Schmo is a Schmo, Patcha-Me, How Much is that Pickle in the Window?..
Mickey Katz: Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, & Brisses; Capitol T-1021; 2nd label, deep groove E/E+ $20 -- instrumental; reissues the very rare early 10" LP "The Family Danced" (Capitol H-457) and adds 4 more tunes; one of his hardest to find & no wonder--terrific record!!!
Mickey Katz: The Most Mishige; Capitol T-1102; E+/N- $30 -- fantastic jacket, music, liners (most consider it his best & most desirable LP); pictured in Incredibly Strange Music; a time-tested asset to the fun bar mitzvah; very hard to get in top shape!
Mickey Katz: Katz Pajamas; Capitol W-1257; N/N- $25 -- "bobbe meises (bedtime stories) with a freilach background for young & old"; great jacket, liners, & music! (one tune even sounds like classic spy/crime); scarce, top shape, way too good for the kids' player!
The Kit Kats: The Very Best of the Kit Kats; Virtue LPV-102067; E+/N- S $50 -- rock/exotic rock; not a compilation but instead a unique, live rocker by hit local Philly group on Frank "Guitar Boogie Shuffle" Virtue's label (rare, lively, worthy addition to any exotic-rock collection); top shape!; recommended for their takes on "Quiet Village" & "Stranded in the Jungle"; the others: Money, You're No Angel, Sweet Little Rock & Roller, From Here On In, Hey Hey Hey, Lucille, Good Lovin', Hoo Che Coo Che Coo, Our Farewell, The End
Eartha Kitt: Down to Eartha; RCA Victor LPM-1109; 1955; 1st press/deep groove E+/E $20 -- torch; marvelous early classic (collectors item); famous jacket of Kitt holding cigarette on tiger rug; w/Henri Rene; The Heel, I Wantcha Around, Mambo de Paree, Hey Jacques..
Jonathan Knight/Lonely Harpsichord -- see Exotic-Foreign
Kojak Book & Record Set; Peter Pan BR-518; 1977; sealed $20 -- spoken/kids; inspired by the Telly Savalas TV show; "It's fun to read as you hear...The Powerful Action COMES ALIVE As You Read"; comic-book style color jacket art; "2 Exciting Stories: Five Star Final, A Question of Honor"; always a treat but sealed perfection is a prize--"Who Loves Ya, Baby?"
Phil Kraus: The Percussive Phil Kraus; Golden Crest CR-3004; E+/E- $25 -- percussion/exotica/jazz/vibes; early, exotic, & easily his best, w/a dramatic jacket photo too!; best LP on the seldom-scene, tiny NY label that boasts "High Fidelity in Good Taste"; Hindustan, Kashmiri Song, Buffoon, March of the Siamese Children, Nola, In a Persian Market, Liza, Just Flippin', Dizzy Fingers, Japanese Sandman, Chinese Lullaby, Jan
Abbe Lane: The Lady in Red; RCA Victor LPM-1688; 1958; deep groove E/E- $30 (or E-/V+ $25, specify) -- female vocal/torch; rare!; w/Sid Ramin orchestra; Cugat wife without him here (her Victor LPs are great, his are not!); lovely jacket
Abbe Lane: Where There's a Man; RCA Victor LSP-1899; 1959/1958; deep groove E/E S $35 (or mono LPM-1899; 1st press, deep groove E-/N- $25, specify -- female vocal/torch; "Sultry and Sassy"; w/Sid Ramin orchestra & even hubbie Cugat himself on the novel last song (titled "Oh, Cugie.." on the mono, "Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep, Go to Sleep" on the stereo)--worth it just for that; scrumptious jacket
Abbe Lane w/Xavier Cugat: Abbe Lane; Mercury SR-60643; deep groove 1st
press N/N- shrink S $40 -- female vocal/torch; Mustapha, Hava Nagilah, Never on Sunday, Volare..
Abbe Lane: The Many Sides of; Mercury MG-20930; deep groove E-/V+ $20 -- female vocal/torch; her last LP, very swingin'; More, I Love Paris, I Believe in You, Do Me Good Baby, Thank Heaven for Little Boys, Some of these Days, The Facts of Life, Milord..
Katie Lee -- see beatnik-crime-spy
Dr. Timothy Leary: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out ST; Performance PERF-389 (REISSUES in stereo the super-rare Mercury MG-21131; 1967); sealed S $35 -- sitar (veena)/Moog/spoken/sex-ed; wow! classic lost, impossibly rare ST from unreleased film; what psychedelic film STs should be but never are...great!
Enoch Light & the Light Brigade: The Best of the Movie Themes 1970; Command/Project 3 PR-5046SD; 1970; gatefold E+/N- S $15 -- pop; hard to find & much wanted for the great version of Mah-Na Mah-Na (best known from the Benny Hill Show & the Muppets); jacket of nude family w/popcorn in empty cinema ain't bad either; Ma-Na Ma-Na, Everybody's Talkin', Goodbye Columbus, Alice's Restaurant, True Grit, The Wild Bunch..
Alan Livingston/Billy May: Sparky's Magic Piano; Capitol J-3254; N/E $25 -- classic kids set (originally a 78 album) similar to "Rusty in Orchestraville"--hard to find on LP in top shape; features Henry Blair & cast, Billy May, Ray Turner (piano), Verne Smith (narrator), & talking piano by Sonovox; Side 2 is another tale: Sparky & the Talking Train
Alan Livingston/Billy May: Bozo on the Farm/Henery Hawk; Capitol/ZIV International L-6959; 1975; E+/E+ $75 -- classic kids sets (originally 78 albums) reissued in hi-fi (all the wacky words & music w/out the noise & inconvenience); Bozo on the Farm, Pinto Colvig (crazy--the best!), Henery Hawk's Chicken Hunt, Henery Hawk (these w/Mel Blanc)
Julie London: Calendar Girl; Liberty Deluxe Series SL-9002; gatefold; 1st/red label N-/V+ $25 -- her big collectors item (for the cheesecake jacket, which is all it's priced for)
The Alan Lorber Orchestra: The Lotus Palace; Verve V6-8711; gatefold; deep groove cutout E-/N- S $35 (or flat cutout V+/N- S $25, specify) -- indo-jazz/sitar/gamelan/tabla, etc.; top producer (Ultimate Spinach) made this 1 entry in the tiny idiom of pop-jazz w/sitar--played by Vinnie Bell w/Collin Walcott, Don Robertson, Jerome Richardson, Hugh McCracken, Irving Spice..; great psychedelic jacket art (Heavy Water Light Show?); Mas Que Nada, The Flute Thing, Up Up & Away, Lucy in the Sky w/Diamonds, Roopala Dha Teri Dhin Dhin, Within You Without You, The Look of Love, Where?, Hang On to a Dream, Djellaba (The Hooded One)
Fred Lowery: Walking Along Kicking the Leaves...; Decca DL-8476; 1957; deep groove E/N- $40 (or 1st/deep groove E-/E- $25, specify) -- whistling; classic, mono-only, 1st 12" LP by the greatest, most virtuosic whistler ever; piercing, haunting, mind-boggling whistling talent backed by Owen Bradley's orchestra; Indian Love Call (remake of his greatest hit for Columbia), Moon Love, Moon of Manakoora, Far Away Places, Indian Summer, Sunrise Serenade, Happy Hobo, Pagan Love Song, Sentimental Journey..
Fred Lowery Whistles Your Gospel Favorites; Word WST-8326; E-/V+ S $35 -- whistling; his later gospel whistling LPs are even rarer than the Decca & Columbia LPs; some marks & noise but not bad, certainly much better than these usually are (if you can find them)
Fred Lowery w/Anita Kerr Singers: Whistle a Happy Tune; Decca DL-8995; pink-label promo 1st/deep groove DL-8995 E/E+ $40 (or black-label 1st/deep groove E/N- $35, specify) -- whistling; the greatest whistler ever's highly desirable, all-fantastic 2nd of 2 LPs for the label (also his only secular LPs); w/organ & steel guitar in the backing group as well as chorus; excellent hi-fi production!; Over the Rainbow, William Tell Overture, Estrellita, Marie, Tammy, Mockin' Bird Hill, Whispering..
Fred Lowery w/Anita Kerr Singers: Whistle a Happy Tune; Decca DL-78995; 1959; E/N S $75 -- whistling; the all-time greatest whistler ever's only album of secular tunes in stereo!; rare!
Lowery special: free w/any copy of "Whistle a Happy Tune"--the 10" 78 of the original Columbia hit "Indian Love Call"
Victor Lundberg: An Open Letter; Liberty LST-7547; sealed $30 (or N/N shrink S $25, specify) (or E/E S $20, specify) -- political/commentary/humor/strange; spoken w/music; wow! hilarious & "smart," like a right-wing answer to John Rydgren's Silhouette Segments, as if Charlton Heston were channelling Art Linkletter; "To the Flower Power" is the favorite piece; frightening as it sounds, we love it for being hysterically funny or insightful (or both) & always entertaining; plus the man's voice is compelling (as w/Ken Nordine & Rydgren); WAY TOO HIP FOR TODAY'S "CONSERVATIVES"; you need this!
Victor Lundberg: An Open Letter to My Teenage Son/My Buddy Carl --45 rpm--; Liberty 55996 -- 7" single available w/any order as a sampler for the above LP (just ask)
Henry Mancini -- see spy/crime/suspense
Muzzy Marcellino w/Charles "Bud" Dant: Whistling on the Beach at Waikiki; Coral CRL-757441; 1964; 1st press E+/V+ S $50 -- whistling; very rare must-have for whistling fans; Hawaiian standards, which never sounded so whistled, & a new version of "The High & the Mighty" (he whistled for John Wayne on the ST); a few marks & some noise but generally clean
Muzzy Marcellino & his House Party Group: Art Linkletter Presents House Party Music Time; Capitol ST-1284; 1st press E/E+ S $50 -- whistling/odd pop/kids; great for both rare Muzzy Marcellino performances (the #2 whistler after Fred Lowery) & un-pc songs done originally for TV; Heap Big Chief, Hawaiian Calypso, Bob's Blues, Whistlin' Dixie, Get Happy, Time for the Kids, The High & the Mighty, Anitra's Dance, Freeway Jam, The Continental, Shoo Fly Pie & Apple Pan Dowdy, Barcarolle
Roy Masters: Your Mind Can Keep You Well, Part 1 (Psychocatalysis Part 2); Foundation of Human Understanding ACA-4151; 1968; N/N- shrink $25 -- spoken/stress-relief instruction; "A concentration-meditation exercise to help relieve tension caused by daily pressures and stress"; 49 minutes of glorious Los Angeles feel-good "alt.healing" jive; nifty jacket & extensive liners
Ernest Maxin: Where There is Music; Top Rank RS-607 sealed scented FELT gatefold S $15 -- pop/ODORAMA!!!; unique, deluxe, textured, off-cut, black-&-white, SCENTED, felt jacket that makes it the very first odiferous LP (before "odor-disc"); still sealed--your best chance to smell something; feel the luxury, admire the craftmanship, & dance if it's any good
Robert Maxwell: Spectacular Harps; MGM SE-3836; 1st/deep groove E+/N- S $30 (or E/E+ $25, specify) -- pop harp; very scarce in top shape/stereo, it's also one of the best in the MGM "Spectacular" series & one of Maxwell's most enjoyable/essential; the multi-dubbed "Caravan" is fantastic as is "Hong Kong Holiday"; also Limehouse Blues, Ebb Tide, Alice Blue Gown, Little David Play on Your Harp..
The Fortune Tellers (Robert Maxwell): Song of the Nairobi Trio; Kapp Medallion MS-7534; 1962; E+/N- S $60 -- harp/twist; impeccable copy!; legendary treat has original themes from the Ernie Kovacs & Jackie Gleason shows but it's ALL great--a classic of first-rate odd pop; Bing Bang Boomerang, Jungle Twist, Spaghetti Twist, Camel Train, Nairobi Moonlight, Rose Bud, Pagliacci Cha Cha Cha..
Robert Maxwell: A Song for All Seasons; Decca DL-74609; cutout N-/N- shrink S $20 -- harp; our absolute fave if only for the spectacular "September in the Rain," which ROCKS (like "Tequila" & the Fortune Tellers LP only better!!!) w/guitar & plunking rain sounds!
Robert Maxwell: Let's Get Away from It All; Decca DL-74723; cutout E+/E+ S $15 -- harp; Song of the Nairobi Trio, Carioca, Ebb Tide, Yellow Bird..
Dr. Timothy Leary: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out ST; Performance PERF-389 (REISSUES in stereo Mercury MG-21131; 1967); sealed S $35 -- sitar (veena)/Moog/spoken/sex-ed; wow! classic lost, impossibly rare ST from unreleased film; what psychedelic film STs should be...great!
Red McCoy with the Sons of the Soil: Country & Gospel; Mount Vernon Music MVM-157; 1963; E/N- $25 -- rock/[rockabilly]; very obscure budget-label oddball, largely dismissable except for "Rock and Roll Atom" which is just that: a TERRIFIC '50s rock/rockabilly boy-wants-girl song using atom-age science (protons, neutrons, electrons), etc. metaphorically; as tho Hank Snow collided with Tom Glazer; anyway, so far it's known to only 2 or 3 savvy Masters of Record Science (and probably to no ironic hipster sharks), but it's a winner! (took us long enough to land it)
McLuhan: Anomaly; Brunswick BL-754177; 1972; E+/E S $35 -- very strange "concept album" anomaly indeed, w/groovy jacket art, narration, & odd instruments such as pick axe, slide whistle, audio generator, maestro woodwind device; w/Bobby Christian as guest percussionist; The Monster Bride, Spiders [in Neal's Basement], Witches Theme & Dance, A Brief Message from Your Local Media (in 4 parts)
Buddy Merrill: Electrosonic Guitars; GNP/Accent ACS-5028; white-label promo cutout N/N S $20 -- guitar; some of his best work: Carioca, Bluesette, Hava Nagila, Peanut Vendor, Perfidia, Windmills of Your Mind, Anna, Wabash Blues..
Mrs. Elva Miller: Mrs. Miller's Greatest Hits; Capitol ST-2494; cutout N/N- shrink S $20 -- golden throat/put-on; hard to find in stereo/top shape; These Boots Are Made for Walking, Hard Day's Night, Downtown, Shadow of Your Smile..
Mrs. Miller: Will Success Spoil Mrs. Miller?!; Capitol T-2579; N-/N $20 -- golden throat/put-on; Girl from Ipanema, Sweet Pea, Groovy Kind of Love, Yellow Submarine..
Montgomery County Community College: Latitudes 1972-3; Latitudes DM-68414; 1973; sealed S $30 -- very trippy jacket art, strange spoken poetry, weirdo psyche-folk-rock music distinguish this rare local fave from Blue Bell, PA; a major prize for the adventurous (another like this has a psyche band that became famous, could be the same case here); what private-press and other inspired independent productions should be
Buddy Morrow -- see spy/crime/suspense
Tony Mottola/Ray Charles: Cinema '76; Continental Insurance Companies CILP-500; 1965; deluxe gatefold w/inner leaves E-/N- $20 -- commerce/World's Fair souvenir/Bicentennial; spoken w/music; originally presented at the 1964 New York City World's Fair; best for the inner leaves of cutely inspired, strange art--all bicentennial/colonial/patriotic motifs
Peter Mullens & de Vrolijke Trekkers: Candy! 2; Candy LP-102; Dutch import E/E S $40 -- nude cheesecake jacket; liners say something about trekking into the forest w/the 3 FULLY nekkid ladies on the jacket
Billy Mure & his Combo: Tough Strings--Great Guitar Hits; Kapp KS-3253; 1961; N-/N S $25 -- guitar; very tough to find, esp. in top shape stereo!; Apache, Walk Don't Run, Bumble Boogie, Anna, Perfidia, Asia Minor, Blue Moon, I Walk the Line..
Nino Nanni: Chic to Chic!--Show Tunes for Smart Saloons Played & Sung by; Carlton STLP-108; E+/E- S $25 -- this curio of the "handcrafted" label sports a great jacket of tuxedoed man & negligeed woman on colorful pillows (including hand-applied "STEREO" lettering in felt!); songs are the likes of "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" & "I Like the Looks of You"; high camp/cheese in the cocktail/bachelor pad hall of fame
Chitra Neogy: The Perfumed Garden; Mercury/Pulsar AR-10600; cutout E+/E+ S $50 -- sex instruction/spoken/sitar; terrific ancient stories in a modern setting (beats the Kama Sutra LPs); Neogy lived in swinging Chelsea at just the right time to make this artifact of gender, cultural, & sexual liberation; one of the hippest highlights of the idiom epitomized by "How to Become the Sensuous Woman"
Now Brass; Murbo MCS-6018; E+/N S $25 -- mod/brass; mod & brass collectors should pounce, as anything on the tiny NY Murbo label is rare as the dickens; liners list a lot of ringers (Severinson, Clark Terry, Urbie Green, Billy Taylor, Mundell Lowe..); the pick uptempo tune is "Unforgettable"; Armen's Theme, That Old Gang of Mine, When the Red Red Robin..
Claus Ogerman: Soul Searchin'; RCA Victor LPM-3366; 1965; deep groove Dynagroove N/N $35 -- mod/soul/organ; scarce 1st in great series of 4 LPs --all essential-- emphasizes hip soul boogaloo/mod soul jazz; hipper & rarer than the similar "More (Mondo Cane)" LPs he did w/Kai Winding on Verve; Soul Searchin', What I'd Say, The Sidewinder, Green Onions, Fever, Watermelon Man, Shindig, Memphis, Comin' Home Baby, House of the Risin' Sun..
Claus Ogerman: Saxes Mexicanos; RCA Victor LSP-3640; 1966; V+/E S $20 -- mod; "Guaranteed Danceable"; great series of 4 LPs, all essential!; THE sound of the swingin' high '60s (& it really swings!); often overlooked bc of the title, it's strict mod--a valuable sequel to Watusi Trumpets!--rather than anything to do with Mexican saxophones; w/Dick Hyman's great Lowrey organ; King of the Road, Dardanella (best cut!), St. James Infirmary, Always, Come Thursday, Bewitched, Nightmare, Voce e eu..
Claus Ogerman: Latin Rock; RCA Victor LPM-3813; 1967 cutout N-/N- $30 -- Latin soul/mod Latin; last but far from least in the terrific series of 4 LPs, it's often overlooked bc of its misleading title--it's really mod Latin soul instead of rock, as you can see from the titles: Cuchy Frito Man (rare Latin soul by Ray Rivera!), Yambo, Tequila, Bang Bang! (Joe Cuba's), San Juan, Mas Que Nada..
OHO: Okinawa; N-/N S $300 -- psyche/weird rock; reminds of the DKs sound w/more of a Butthole Surfers sense of humor; in any case, it's their rare 1st LP, private press, pink jacket, top shape; terrific!
Old & in the Way; UA/Round RX-103; 1975; E/E+ S $20 -- hip bluegrass w/Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Peter Rowan, John Kahn, Vassar Clements; Wild Horses, Panama Red, Pig in a Pen, The Hobo Song, Land of the Navajo, Midnight Moonlight..
Eddie Osborne: Percussive Baldwin Organ & Bongos; Audio Fidelity DFM-3004; 1960; (jacket: AFLP-1974; 1962) deep groove N-/N $15 -- organ/bongos (good for collectors of either); jacket features photo of conga player; as with Lenny Dee's early LPs, you have some Vaudeville-era tunes but done in a modern style; here the percussion (bongos) & bass are emphasized; the organ sound is a bit like Dick Hyman's later Lowery (organ fans may disagree, but the tone is distinctive & unlike the ubiquitous Hammond); El Cumbanchero, South of the Border, Frenesi, Muskrat Ramble, Sid's Blues, Ma He's Making Eyes at Me..
Korla Pandit at the Pipe Organ; Fantasy 3286; red vinyl, deep groove N-/V+ $20 -- organ; Secret Love, Song of Songs, Greensleeves, Jalousie, Autumn Leaves..; some noise (typical of original Fantasy LPs)
Korla Pandit: Speak to Me of Love; Fantasy 3293; red vinyl N/E+ $35
Korla Pandit: Music of Hollywood; Fantasy 3334; red vinyl E+/E+ $30
Korla Pandit in Paris; Fantasy 8347; 1963; flexi, later pressing E+/N- S $30 -- organ/piano; Gaite Parisienne, La Vie en Rose, April in Paris, Musetta's Waltz, Gavotte, Moulin Rouge, Darling Je Vous Aime Beaucoup, French March Melody, Paris in the Spring, La Seine, C'est Magnifique, Under Paris Skies
The People's Victory Orchestra and Chorus: The School; TEST PRESSING S $250 -- literally legendary, private press, NY hippie/freak/psyche/rock album (1st of 3 only, & only the 1st 2 are early '70s/major), here in a form that certainly must be unique; jacket is white generic but has the band name printed (no LP title or other info, no disc labels); Google it for track & further info, image of the released jacket, and plenty of sheer guesswork about just who the heck made it; for instance has "Did You Ever See a Lady Act That Way"--famous for sounding like it's straight out of "Exile on Main Street"; "Black Crow Country" is another standout of several; a large project, all so well-produced & chockablock with substantial ideas/musicianship/singing, one could say the enduring mystery of "Who were the PVOC?" is itself now legendary!
[Andre Popp/Pierre Fatosme as] Elsa Popping & her Pixieland Band: Delirium in Hi-Fi; Columbia Adventures in Sound WL-106; deep groove E/E $30 -- experimental pop/avant garde made weirder by tape manipulation & much more (somewhat a primer for Perrey & Magne); someone once compared finding this original to winning the lottery--we just say we're lucky to be able to offer it clean & cheap; Java, Java des bombes atomiques, Java Martienne, Java du diable..
Andre Popp: Popppppp!; Columbia Adventures in Sound WL-130; white-label promo/deep groove N-/N- $30 (or deep groove E+/E+ $25, specify) -- acclaimed experimental/avant garde pop in the "Delirium in Hi-Fi" vein, including the original Washerwomen of Portugal, Sexy Sax, Musique Mecanique..
Alvino Rey: Swingin' Fling; Capitol T-1085; E+/E $20 -- steel guitar; "freshly styled, big-band music for dancing fun"; 1 of a scarce pair by the beloved bandleader & Esquivel guitarist (this LP has that signature sound); terrific jacket, music; Warren Barker arranged some of it; Chukkar, Rock Gently, Softly as in a Morning Sunrise, I Love Paris, How High the Moon, Swingin' Fling, Night Train..
Alvino Rey: Ping-Pong!; Capitol T-1262; E-/N- $25 -- steel guitar; 1 of a scarce pair by the beloved bandleader & Esquivel guitarist (this LP has that signature sound); bongos & some vocals on some cuts; arrangements by Warren Barker; fetching jacket of 2 female ping-pongers; first-rate "space-age pop" all the way!; Peanut Vendor, Aloha Oe, Blues in the Night, Temptation, The Man I Love, Mama's Gone Good Bye..
Alvino Rey: His Greatest Hits; Dot DLP-25391; deep groove E+/N- S $35 (or deep groove mono DLP-3391; E/E+ $20, specify) -- steel guitar; WOW! not a compilation at all but a new album of early hits (78s) remade in glorious, modern, hi-fi stereo w/top orchestration, arrangements, & playing; this is not a "lazy" steel-guitar album but an exciting, unique, mainly uptempo pop wonder; features some of the instrument adaptations for which the steel-guitar pioneer is famous (besides leading top orchestras, backing the King Sisters, & playing guitar for Esquivel); Steel Guitar Rag, Mama Blues (the original talking guitar tune), Rose Room, Hindustan, Bloop Bleep, Tiger Rag, St. Louis Blues, Cement Mixer, Idaho, On the Alamo, Near You, Guitar Boogie
Bob Rosengarden & Phil Kraus: Hot Line for Sound; Project 3 PR-5002-SD; 1966; gatefold; N-/E S $20 -- mod/bongo; "Musical Explorations in Beats...Bongos...Boffs"; scarce, good, early one on Project 3 (when Command tried to get hip) w/at least 4 standouts (Pussyfoot, Out of Nowhere, Taste of Honey, Bangles Baubles & Beads), although it's all fresh from having been scored for stereo exaggeration in glorious sound (rec. on 35mm film); interesting instruments (incl. Lowrey organ, mbira, "congo" drums..), & the usual Enoch Light bunch (Lew Davies, Mottola, Bodner..)
Phil Rose: One Dozen Phil Roses--Hilarious Ballads of the Garment Belt; Phil Rose; promo w/lyric book E/E+ $20 -- novelty-folk; California fashion insider reknowned for advertising skills spoofs the industry (like Irving Taylor but rarer); rare, promo-only self-production "not for public performance"; Model's Lament, Markdown Hoedown, Herman Goldfarb of Paris, Marvin & Myron, I am a Tailor, I am the Very Model of a Modern Manufacturer, the Twelve Days of Market..
Rotary Connection -- see funk
John Rydgren: Silhouette Segments; new/reissue S $75 -- EXTREMELY STRANGE, HIP, RARE, & HOW!!!; all the necessary best cuts from amazing, ultra-rare, legendary, unique, radio-station promo-only LP of "Silhouettes" by famous HIP-yet-evangelical, lutheran radio DJ; see the scan & learn more; astounding, sexy, funny Ken Nordine-esque raps about LSD, girl-watching, hippies, etc. over killer '60s music ("Dark Side of the Flower's" sitar & everything from "Music to Watch Girls By" to Electric Prunes to "Rinky Dink"); original psychedelic jacket reprinted w/gatefold's liners on a special insert; just 3 left of 1000 pressed!; we recommend also the Victor Lundberg LP above
Jack Scott; Carlton LP-12/107; deep groove E/V+ $50 -- great value on mono; nice shape
Ananda Shankar -- see exotic-foreign
Joe Sherman & the Arena Brass: Promise Her Anything; CBS/Epic BN-26219; E+/N- S $25 -- mod/mexicali/breakbeat-drums; beatheads take note: it's all about the great, rare breakbeat intro to "Fever" (plus brief clean drum breaks elsewhere too)!; otherwise an obscurity from the post-Herb Alpert mod/Mexicali era, tho more uptempo & happening than many of its kind; Paradise, More, Makin' Whoopee, Marriage Italian Style, Band of Gold, Breakfast at Tiffany's..
Frank Sinatra/Dean Martin/Sammy Davis, Jr.: Souvenir from Robin & the Seven Hoods; unpublished promo deep groove E-/E $300 -- live recording of comedy & songs produced by Bill Rodstein of the Sinatrama Room in the Latimer Cafe in Philadelphia ("A shrine dedicated to the life & works of Frank Sinatra"-Earl Wilson); "May We Be the First to Wish You A Merry Christmas-1964"; jacket (just 1 face, pasted over an old LP jacket) of the three in Santa suits in front of a stage; says "Non Published Album Not Available Anywhere Else COLLECTORS ITEM"; rarest of the 3 versions of "Summit Meeting at the 500, Atlantic City, NJ"
Frank Sinatra/Dean Martin/Sammy Davis, Jr.: Souvenir from Sinatrama Latimer Cafe; unpublished promo deep groove E-/E- $100 (book value $250-350) -- live; 1 of the 3 versions of "Summit Meeting at the 500, Atlantic City, NJ"
Roy Smeck & his Serenaders: Memories of You; Decca DL-8674; deep groove N-/E+
$25 -- steel guitar; top copy of early classic (mono only--predates stereo)
Roy Smeck & his Paradise Serenaders: Melodies with Memories; ABC-Paramount ABC-174; deep groove E/E- $15 -- steel/guitars (mono only--predates stereo); Steel Guitar Rag, Moon Over Miami, Pagan Love Song, Mexicali Rose..
Roy Smeck "The Wizard of the Strings": The Magic Ukulele of Roy Smeck; ABC-Paramount ABCS-279; 2nd label cutout N-/E- S $20 -- uke/guitars; THE classic uke LP w/Joe Puma, Tony Mottolo, Al Casamenti, George Barnes (Milt Hinton bass, Osie Johnson drums)
Roy Smeck & his Dixie Syncopators: The Happy Banjo; ABC-Paramount ABCS-309; deep groove N-/E+ S $25 -- classic banjo LP & essential Roy Smeck; Chinatown, Running Wild, Bye Bye Blues, Sheik of Araby, Somebody Stole My Gal..
Roy Smeck "The Wizard of the Strings" & his All Star Serenaders: Stringing Along; ABC-Paramount ABC-412; N/E+ $25 -- guitars; late great one!; jacket shows 4 photos: banjo, ukulele, guitar, & steel which echo his breakthrough film recording that beat Les Paul to the multi-track/dubbing punch; all instruments are electric (amplified & wired to the mixer); Carioca, 3rd Man theme, Tea for Two, Bye Bye Blackbird, Hayseed Rag..
see 45s for Ethel Smith 45rpm EP sets (complete/equivalent to the 10" LPs but top sound/noisefree)
Dr. Spock Talks with New Mothers; Caedmon TC-1228 sealed $25 -- post-sex instruction!; hey little lady, now that the trouble you got yourself into has arrived, why not make good w/the record that helps you cope, without all the thumb-sucking anxiety; "answers the questions you would ask about the care and feeding of babies" (why stop at just one?); the good doctor was an anti-war activist, so he can be trusted
Johnny Stewart: Secrets of Successful Varmint Calling; Johnny Stewart Wildlife Calls GC-501; 1967/1966 (Waco, Texas); E-/V+ $90 -- hunter instructional/spoken w/sounds; yep, it's one of the rarest & most fantastic items in the proverbial Jacket Art Hall of Fame; it's also one of the very greatest LP titles (literally), not to mention one of only a tiny handful of hunter-instructional LPs (none of which you can expect to find); great liner notes by Stewart plus 3 more photos of dopey animals lured by successful (correct techniques only, please!) varmint calls, which "provides the outdoorsman with many exciting hours of off-season pleasure. The thrill...can be enjoyed year-round, day or night."
Irving Taylor: Terribly Sophisticated Songs--A Collection of Unpopular Songs for Popular People; Warner Bros. B-1254; 1958; deep groove E/E $30 -- novelty; scarce, terrific Spike Jones/Mickey Katz-worthy spoofs of LA music & employment by the man behind Kookie Byrnes & other WB greats!; crazy gags in high style (DJs can slip in with "serious" songs of the same style)
Irving Taylor: The Garbage Collector in Beverly Hills [& other work songs for the odd-job holder]; Warner Bros. B-1254; 1959; deep groove white-label promo E/E $25 -- novelty; terrific Spike Jones/Mickey Katz-worthy spoofs of LA music & employment by the man behind Kookie Byrnes & other WB greats!; first-rate, smartly planned, well-produced, crazy gags in high style (DJs can slip in with "serious" songs of the same idiom): Hawaiian Worm Raiser, Marriage Counselor in a Turkish Harem, Prison Interior Decorator, Rock & Roll Vocal Coach, Cop in a Nudist Colony..
Bob Thompson, his Chorus & Orchestra: On the Rocks; RCA Victor LPM-2145; 1960/1959; 1st press E-/E- $25 -- wordless chorus; "For Sophisticated Swingers"; last of the 3 essential LPs by the talented but not well-known, Esquivellian, mod arranger (not to be confused w/the jazz musician of the same name); great "space-age-bachelor-pad" music & hall-of-fame jacket [bikini girl in giant cocktail glass]; some ring wear (upper left) & slight noise in spots but not bad; very scarce (not many sold & much latterday demand)
The Three Suns: Movin' & Groovin'; RCA Victor LSA-2532; 1962; deluxe die-cut; deep groove N-/N S $40 (or E/N- S $35, specify) (or E-/E+ S $25, specify) -- in "Stereo Action--the sound your eyes can follow"; their most prized LP in a DIZZYING exploration of channel separation (one of the very best Stereo Action LPs); chockablock enough w/wacky instruments (mouth organ is one), ideas, & creativity doubtless to appall even longtime fan Mamie Eisenhower; YOU NEED THIS!!!; w/many famous cuts: Stumbling, Caravan, Jungle Drums, Danny's Inferno, Movin' & Groovin'..
The Three Suns: Movin' & Groovin'; RCA Victor LPM-2532; 1962; deep groove N-/E+ S $20 -- "Now! for the first time--RCA Victor's 'ACTION' series in brilliant monaural Hi-Fi" (or, as we like to say, "the sound your glass eye can follow")
The Three Suns: Fever & Smoke; RCA Victor LSP-2310; 1961; deep groove E/E S $20 -- "Exotic 'Percussion' Swing"; 1 of their Big 3 (other 2 are Ding Dandy Xmas & Movin' & Groovin'); essential at least for the famously nutty, gong-break-in version of "Tequila" (comparable to their version of "Caravan" on Movin' & Groovin'!); Fever, Smoke, Like Young, Volare, Misty, Col. Bogey March, Sleep Walk..
[Bob Booker and George Foster Present] Al Tijuana & his Jewish Brass; Capitol ST-2596; 1966; E+/E S $20 (or mono T-2596; N-/E+ $15, specify) -- Mexicali brass/novelty/Jewish humor; thx to top music & production values it's one of the best, most lovable spoofs of Herb Alpert (if not also Fiddler on the Roof & Zorba the Greek); stars Lou Jacobi (whose spoken introductions to some of the tunes may be the best thing about it); music by Artie Butler; last but not least, a very memorable jacket; Peter Gunn, A Taste of Honey, People, Chicken Fat, Tsena Tsena, It's Not Unusual..
Torrent-Alexander Duo: X-Plorations; Do-Re-Mi 33233-S; E+/E S $15 -- organ; Shay Torrent & Axel Alexander on the Hammond X-66 and H-100; 10 standards include More, Java, Moon of Manakoora; dramatic BW jacket art & great sound tho w/some noise (we attribute to the quality of the private pressing rather than wear)
The United States Air Force Presents Two Sides of Christmas; USAF sealed S $15 -- military/Xmas/pop/country; "It's Christmas" side: USAF Academy Falconaires, Rosemary Clooney, Jack Halloran Choir; "Christmas at Opryland" side: Archie Campbell, Dottie West, Charlie McCoy, Jordnaires
The Ventures: Surfing; Dolton BLP-2022; 1st press, deep groove N/E+ shrink $25 -- surf/guitar; best mono original we've ever seen--not even a cutout!; a few light surface marks are unheard; Pipeline, Cruncher, Surf Rider..
Ruth Wallis: Wallis on the Party Line; Wallis Original LPW-10; deep groove N-/N $30 -- vocal/torch/risque; A Man a Mink & a Million, Pink & Purple Pills, Letter from Bermuda, Vulture for Culture, The American Plan, Red Lights & Bells..
Ruth Wallis: Saucy Hit Parade; Wallis Original WLP-11; 1st/red vinyl/deep groove E+/E $30 -- vocal/torch/risque; Men in My Life, The Dinghy Song, Senorita What's Her Name, Down in the Indies (an early calypso), Pull Down the Shade Marie, It's a Scream how Leveene Does the Rhumba, Life of Reilly, Oilman from Texas, Johnny Had a Yo Yo..
Ruth Wallis: The Spice is Right; Jubilee JGM-2050; E/E+ $25 -- vocal/torch/risque; compilation of classic Wallis Original songs; 1 of the rarest Wallis items, it offers top sound & a new photo of Wallis; Dinghy Song, Down in Indies, Johnny..Yo-Yo, All Night Long, Admiral's Daughter, Ubangi, Queer Things, Psycho Mambo, Shade Marie, Drill 'em All
Li'l Wally: Polka A Go-Go; Jay Jay HI-FI-1110; N/N shrink $100 -- polka/cheesecake; "Be Happy & Gay with JAY JAY...featuring 'Mr. HAPPY MUSIC'"; the best jacket of its kind!; sorry about the miserably stitched/incomplete scan, but it is perfect (impossibly rare as such)
James White & the Blacks: Sax Maniac; Animal APE-6002; 1982; promo N-/N S $20 -- avant-jazz-funk-punk? intense out/funky sax, anyway; one of his two essential LPs, both of which are among the handful of '80s records worth hanging onto; Sax Maniac, Sax Machine, The Twitch, Disco Jaded, Irrestible Impulse, Money to Burn..
Beryl Williams Pours Giggles for Guzzlers; Bolo B-103-N; smiling-drunk-Beryl-w/bottles jacket E/E- $20 -- adult comedy; rare; Williams is one of Philly's own & quite funny, at least by the standards of the time; we love how the disc label reads "Lobo" instead of "Bolo"
Kai Winding: Mondo Cane #2; Verve V6-8573; N-/N S $20 -- mod/ondioline; rarer than but at least as vital as the 1st (each an essential classic of both mod & the Moog-like electronic instrument, the ondioline); Claus Ogerman/Creed Taylor; Simian Theme (FANTASTIC!), Python, Theme from Nowhere, Blue Star/Medic Theme, Warm..
The Yellow Balloon; Canterbury CLPM-1502; 1967; cutout N/N shrink $25 -- sunshine pop (like the Free Design) only better--w/a couple of hip tunes; possibly related to the band Spirit somehow; Hollywood label; great price on a perfect copy
Uncredited: Col. Sanders' Tijuana Picnic; Mark 56 543; N-/V+ S $25 -- Mexicali/commerce; for most, it's all about the jacket (classic photo of Col. Sanders under a tree w/hokey "perfect" family enjoying a picnic just behind him); on the rear each tune is introduced with a priceless liner note relating the music to KFC chicken (by way of some "memory" of the Col.); finally, the music's not half bad (all faithful Herb Alpert covers); Spanish Flea, A Taste of Honey, El Toro, Green Peppers, Tijuana Taxi, Third Man Theme..
Uncredited: Fornicating Female Freaks; Audio Stag A-1002; N/N shrink S $150 -- stag; 1 in a series of the tackiest, raunchiest, most over-the-top LPs of this kind, NOT TAME!!!; "Two sex-hungry house wives...actually hear them enjoying the forbidden and frolicking in orgiastic spasms..."; All-American '60s-era gals (w/drinkers in the background) swing it ridiculously, w/sound effects; just as good, the jacket crams in as much Russ Meyer-esque, hyperbolic ad type as possible: "Now you don't have to go to Denmark or Sweden to get this kind of album!" (but you must be over 18)
Uncredited: Making Love--The Album that Makes Love to You; Cream of the Crop 4954; 1976; sealed S $50 -- adult/spoken/funky; exclusive! one of the last, great, RARE, "squeaky bedsprings" LPs mercifully rescued from a warehouse; features unbeatable trifecta of (1) modern breasty cheesecake jacket, (2) a wicked '70s lady's raunchy talk/instruction/solicitation directed at you, the listener (that's how the album "makes love to you" & it's MUCH more direct than even the best previous LPs of this nature), & (3) funky music w/subtle synth--hip, disco-funk that DJs can use; YOU NEED THIS!!!
Uncredited: Midnight Cowpoke; Funky Finger 1007; 1971; E+/E+ $75 -- stag; part of a limited series (similar to Fornicating Female Freaks), it's a "live stag action recording" spoofing the movie Midnight Cowboy (though straight); jacket probably the best part, with copious type imploring your purchase
Uncredited: Monster Mash; Peter Pan 8126; E+/N- $15 -- kids/horror/dance; "'Million Seller' Novelty Songs--Fun for the Young of All Ages"; wild, colorful cartoon jacket art by George Peed; jacket back is a "Monster Maze"; covers all your favorite, essential horror classics: Monster Mash, Dinner w/Drac, Mama Look a Boo-Boo, Witch Doctor, Purple People Eater..
Uncredited: The Wit & Wisdom of Ronald Reagan; Magic Abra 1 (UK); E/moot $30 -- novelty; there's also one for Thatcher but this is the classic; the disc is present & clean, but "there's no there there" (it's blank, which goes just a little farther than the famous Marcel Marceau mime LP); display it behind your vintage pet rock
Various: Broadside Ballads Vol. 1; Folkways FH-5301; 1964; no book N/N- $50 -- folk; highly desirable for original Bob Dylan (here dodging contract as "Blind Boy Grunt") rarities, "Jon Brown" & "Talkin' Devil"; rare songs also by Pete Seeger, Freedom Singers, New World Singers, Mark Spoelstra, Matt McGinn, Happy Traum, Peter La Farge, Gil Turner, Phil Ochs
Various: The Cycle Savages ST; AIP ST-A-1033; 1970; E-/E+ S $75 -- psyche/funky rock; rare biker ST prod. Mike Curb & Casey Kasem; one of the better ones, mainly psyche but also some fuzz dirges in the Arrows style; w/Cycle-Mates, Orphan Egg, Boston Tea Party, Jerry Styner, & Randy Johnson (whose "Fly, Superman, Fly" is funky rock)
Various: Excerpts from Great New Releases from the Sound Capitol of the World; Capitol promo PRO-2556 E/E $15 -- surf/hot rod compilation; "Balanced for Broadcast"--March 1964; this is the good one!; 1/3 of the 15 cuts are hot rod/surf; The Weirdos & Mr. Gasser (Ice Cream Wagon), Jerry Cole (Night Rumble), Dick Dale (Blonde in 406), Super Stocks (D/Gas Chevy), Beach Boys
Various: Gone But Not Forgotten; Royal Master RM-2002; c.1978; N/N shrink S $100 -- Elvis song-poems!; impossibly rare 2nd LP by Nashville song-poem label (you send in your poem, studio guys turn it into a song, you & the other 14 "poets" are the only people who buy the resulting LP) specializing in Elvis tributes (the best!); 15 songs, w/14 of the motley, average-schlub contributors pictured in hilarious photos they mailed in themselves!; total schmaltz but absolutely compelling; of course the other "King" (if not the other big "Graceland" in the sky) gets mention in a couple of songs; feel the incredibly powerful emotions of fans just like you (or perhaps not) memorializing the King way back when!
Various: Hi-Fi Jazz Session; Masterseal MSLP-5013; 1957; deep groove E+/N- $30 -- part jazz/part rock; Sarah Vaughan (Mean to Me), Dizzy Gillespie, Red Norvo, Cozy Cole, Charlie Ventura, Coleman Hawkins, Rubber-Legs Williams, H. Carel's Combo (Rose Noire), Hen Gates & his House Rockers (Cravin), Dorothy Donegan (Kilroy Was Here), Sabby Lewis (Edna), Eddie South (Swinging the Blues)..
Various: Hot Rod Rally; Capitol T-1997; E+/E $20 -- hot rod; light marks but plays fine & the jacket's great; smokin' music makes it totally bitchin', best-of-breed; Super Stocks--6 cuts!, Shutdown Douglas--4 cuts!, Hot Rod Rog--2 cuts!
Various: Rock Opus 171/172; MusiCues MCS-171/172; 2-LP gatefold; N-/N $100 -- production (library)/rock/acid rock; incredible instrumental-guitar set that sounds like 1969-era Michael Bloomfield and the like--but on an obscure NYC library label it's impossibly rare, never to be seen again!; author credits are Kaiser, Kaye, Venitsky, Rubinstein; Hot Pants, Cycle, Mouth Off, Heads Up, Tip Top, Put Down, Slo' Blues, Cry'n, Going Nowhere..
Various: Wild Hi-Fi Drums; Capitol T-1553; N/E- shrink $15 -- bongo/drums; excellent record; not just good overall, it's essential for the 3 super bongo/bongobop cuts by Pepe Dominguin (otherwise unreleased!); also wonderful are the several cuts from top, rare drum LPs by Les Baxter & Dick Harrell; Bangkok Drums, Blue Rhumba, Uncle Tom Tom, Rocket Racket, Bongo Bash..
See also:
- 45s for pop/rock (vocal & instrumental) & vocal group/doo wop 45s
- Truck-C&W for trucker, country, steel guitar
- Christian & puppet for strange religion & puppet LPs
- Moog for space pop, electronic, avant-garde, production, etc.
- beatnik-crime-spy for hep jive, crime, suspense, spy STs
- soul/funk for funky rock, drum breaks, soul-rock
- Latin for Latin rock & Latin twist
Wanted LPs:
- Aki Aleong/Nobles: Shambalor (surf)
- Les Brown, Jr.: Wildest Drums Yet!; GNP Crescendo; 1962
- The Coasters--King LP 1146; 1972
- Esquivel (Mexican LPs, inquire)
- Woody Leafer (any)
- Bob McFadden & D'Or: Songs Our Mummy Taught Us; Brunswick BL-54065
- Kay Martin (inquire; any rec. in Hawaii)
- Libby Morgan: Ad-Libby
- Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards): acoustic-era/'20s comp [&] I'm a Bear in a Lady's Boudoir; Yazoo L-1047
- Uncredited: Three's a Crowd/Suburban Circus; Kontact Vol. 3
Pop & Rock 45s:
See 45s for general pop/rock 45s & EPs (vocal groups, male & female pop vocalists, instrumental pop, oldies, pop/strange, mod, comedy, kids, etc.).
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