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Haji Baba: Crazy Bongo; Modern MLP-7025; E-/E- $25 -- bongo bop/Latin jazz/flute; often taken for granted as just another "Crown" record with sensational (and non-bongo!) jacket, it's actually one of the really good ones (like the Don Ralke LP), by great West Coast musicians, tho we don't know exactly who's on this one; could have listed under Latin (Latin jazz) but the rarer idiom is bongo bop, so it's listed here; Crazy Bongos, Baba, Bongo Madness, Bongo Congo, Katanga, Bongo Cubano, El Rio Bongo, Panamania, Tabatinga, Bango del Sul
Jeanne Bargy/Bill Costa: Greenwich Village U.S.A. ST; 20th Fox MasterArts FOX-4005; 1960 (1-LP abridged/expurgated version of TCF-105-2S) deep groove N/E+ $30 -- beatnik/cast; a few swinging scat, beatnik, & bongo tunes spice up this ok musical (all included in this version); "Birth of a Beatnik" is the best; also beatnik-y jacket art
Warren Barker/Poncie Ponce/Connie Stevens/Robert Conrad: Hawaiian Eye ST; Warner Bros. 1355; 1960; deep groove E/E $20 -- exotica/crime/Hawaiian; coveted treasure (some say a collectors item) prod. by Alvino Rey packs a triple threat of 1) great tiki/poolside jacket, 2) all-star cast--all w/acting, singing, musical talents, & 3) variety of GREAT tunes, many of which are classics; as with the related Kookie, Cricket, and Poncie Ponce LPs (all essential!), it's one of the nicest things on the label; plus you'd do really well to see this series again, especially since Robert Conrad's Wild Wild West is on DVD in its entirety but not this earlier show
Warren Barker & Frank Comstock: TV Guide Top Television Themes; Warner Bros. 1290; 1959; deep groove E/N- $20 (or E/E- $15, specify) -- crime/TV themes; 2 top bandleaders (famous for other great LPs too) unite to deliver swinging, high-impact versions of the swinging chestnuts of crime & suspense, plus other classic themes (12 cuts all told) in glorious sound "without resorting to what might be called a musical beatnik approach"; very cute cartoon jacket art--liners include a TV I.Q. test!; The D.A.'s Man, Perry Mason, 77 Sunset Strip, Pete Kelly's Blues, Maverick, Peter Gunn, Have Gun Will Travel, Richard Diamond, M-Squad..
John Barry: The Ipcress File ST; Decca DL-79124; 1965; E+/N S $35 (or mono DL-9124 N-/E+ $30, specify) -- spy; one of the rarer, better spy/suspense classics (the movie stars Michael Caine) & our favorite John Barry LP; essential for title theme "A Man Alone," which is done in several versions--some bongos, jazz, & even samisen(!?!); LP sounds like the subtler early Bond STs but is really better (thanks in part to slick Decca red-label production); PLUS, you get one of the most bitchin' tune titles EVER to display on your iPod (or wherever): "If You're Not Clean--I'll Kill You"
Buddy Bregman & his Orchestra: Swinging Kicks; Verve MGV-2042; blue deep groove E-/N $60 -- jazz/crime/cheesecake; rare; high book value not just for the sensational cheesecake jacket; features top California players and reworks Bregman's score for "Wild Party" (not the later Raquel Welch film, obviously) into seventeen great modern-jazz cuts (think of it as similar to the music for "Route 66" but much better); Wild Party, Go Kicks, Mulliganville, Terror Ride, Honey Chile, Kicks is in Love, Lost Keys, Bada Blues, Kicks Swings, Gage Flips..
Lenny Bruce: The Real Lenny Bruce; Fantasy F-79003; 1975 2-LP gatefold w/poster V+/E S $20 -- comedy/compilation; his classic bits, such as "How to Relax Your Colored Friends at Parties" all unexpurgated/unabridged and wonderfully collected in this one-stop shop, with the added bonuses of a poster of Lenny giving the finger and full liner notes; sure, it's not as collectable as all the original Fantasy LPs, but it's a far better value (and on decent vinyl/stereo)
Lord Buckley: Lord Buckley in Concert; Liberty/World-Pacific WP-1815; rec. 1959; black label N-/N shrink $40 (or N-/E+ $30, specify) -- beatnik/spoken/hip; live "Royal Concert Performance, Ivar Theater, Hollywood); the first beatnik on record, voice of "The Wild Man of Wildsville" cartoon, and obvious inspiration to Captain Beefheart, California's totally flabbergasting Lord Buckley made this terrific first LP for the label (originally titled "Way Out Humor"); his very best & most representative set!; Supermarket, Horses Mouth, Black Cross, The Naz, My Own Railroad, Willie the Shake, God's Own Drunk
Lord Buckley: Blowing his Mind (and Yours, Too); Liberty/World-Pacific WP-1849; rec. 1959-60; deep groove promo (stamped & promo label) E-/N $25 -- beatnik/spoken/hip; partly live; Lord Buckley's terrific 2nd LP for the label is harder to find than the first and every bit as essential, mind-blowing, edifying, you-name-it; Subconscious Mind, Fire Chief, Let it Down, Murder, The Gasser, Maharaja, Scrooge
Lord Buckley: The Best of Lord Buckley; Elektra EKS-74047; rec. 1951; tan label N-/N $30 (or red label N-/N $25, specify) -- beatnik/spoken/hip; compiles the best bits from two collectors-item LPs on the tiny Los Angeles Vaya label; "Best of" makes these classic, peak performances available again affordably & w/great new jacket art & notes; The Nazz, Gettysburg Address, The Hip Gahn, Jonah & the Whale, Marc Antony's Funeral Oration, Nero
Lord Buckley: Bad Rapping of the Marquis de Sade; Liberty/World-Pacific WPS-21889; rec. 1960, live; E+/N ES $25 (or E-/N- ES $20, specify) -- beatnik/spoken/hip; as great as any of his records but since it's a little later and sold well it's not yet considered a collectors item (get it now while it's still relatively inexpensive); H Bomb, The Chastity Belt, His Majesty the Policeman, The Ballad of Dan McGroo, Bad Rapping of the Marquis de Sade
Jack "Bongo" Burger: Let's Play Bongos; HIFI R-803; 1957; no booklet (typical) E+/N- $35 (or no booklet E/E $25, specify) -- instruction by the #2 bongo man of Hollywood (after Jack Costanzo); nice production, including photos of hand positions; one of the best bongo-instruction LPs
Edd Byrnes, Star of "77 Sunset Strip": Kookie; Warner Bros. W-1309; 1959; E/N- $35 -- beatnik rock/hep jive/weirdo/hot rod/everything!; tho from Hollywood (read Byrnes' autobiography to see just how much his famous Kookie character was a creation of Warner Bros.' wackiest writers), which generally is Squaresville, this is the rare exception, strictly from Wowsville: this LP is the best, most enlightened hipsterese LP there is (surpasses even "How to Speak Hip" from the same year)--and it's all set to lively music!; w/Don Ralke, Connie Stevens, Joannie Sommers; insane, terrific, the ginchiest, the utmost!; Hot Rod Rock, Kookie's Mad Pad (awesome!), I Don't Dig You Kookie, Sat. Night on Sunset Strip, The Kookie Cha Cha Cha, Kookie Kookie Lend Me Your Comb, Like I Love You, Kookie's Clock, You're the Top, Square Dance for Round Cats, "A" You're Adorable, Kookie's Boogie
Del Close & John Brent: How to Speak Hip; Mercury SR-61245; 1959; no booklet V/V- S $25 -- beatnik/narrative/instructional; classic, much-loved spoof of foreign-language instructional records forms the gimmick for laying out the secret lingo of the hep jazz (and drug) set at just the right moment: its release was followed by widespread popular awareness of beatnik and then hippie counterculture; claimed as a strong influence by Brian Wilson; Introduction, Basic Hip, Vocabulary Building, The Loose Wig, The Riff, The Hang Up, Put On-Put Down-Come On-Come Down-Bring Down, Cool, Uncool, Field Trips Nos. 1-3, Summary; plays with only moderate noise despite wear
Al "Jazzbo" Collins & the Bandidos: A Lovely Bunch of; Impulse A-9150; gatefold 1st cutout N/N- $40 (or same but E/N- $35, specify) (or stereo V+/N $30, specify) -- beatnik/jazz/comedy/hip; all-star group of Steve Allen, Terry Gibbs, Hal Blaine, Mel Browne; legendary DJ's hip fairy tales and "interviews" (including hip-speak instruction that's takes "How to Speak Hip" to a whole new level) and more!; Sonny Cool, Goldilox & 3 Bears, Jazz Mass, 3 Little Pigs, Power of the Flower, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack & the Beanstalk, Swearing-In of the Banditos ("I don't need no stinkin' badges")
Jack Costanzo: Mr. Bongo Has Brass; Zephyr ZP-12003G; E/E- $50 (or E-/V $20, specify) -- rare (on obscure tiny Hollywood label) & probably his 1st 12" LP; w/arrangements by Eddie Cano, Bill Hitchcock, John Anderson, Paul Lopez; unique, vintage, hip, modern-jazz music you can't get otherwise, plus the great '50s modern-art jacket has prized photos & liner notes; Diga Diga Do, Equinox, Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen, Young Man with a Horn, Blue Prelude, Barney Google, Row Row Row Your Boat, Street Scene, The Continental, El Diablito, Burley-Q Bongo, Man with the Golden Arm
Jack Costanzo: Bongo Cha Cha Cha!; Golden Tone C-4061; deep groove N-/N- $25 -- Afro-Cuban smoker; public-domain but totally authentic & very exciting set w/Kaskara & Marda Saxon singing (you may know them from Rene Touzet LPs); 8 of the 12 possible cuts (most versions are 8-10 cuts only); nice jacket photo, impeccable shape & sound
Jack Costanzo: Mr. Bongo; Atlantic/Clarion SD-621; E/N ES $30 -- Afro-Cuban smoker; public-domain but totally authentic & very exciting set w/Kaskara & Marda Saxon singing; same session as on various budget labels (Tops, Evon, Golden Tone, Tiara); here you get 10 of the 12 possible cuts (most versions are 8-10 cuts only); rare (perhaps rarest version), well-produced, nice jacket, & the only version that claims to be stereo--but it's either mono or electronic stereo (also it credits "Jack Costanza")
Jack Costanzo: Mr. Bongo Plays Hi-Fi Cha Cha; Tops L-1564; deep groove E/N $30 (or deep groove E-/E $20, specify) -- Afro-Cuban (not cha cha cha!), totally authentic & exciting; w/vocals by Kaskara & Marda Saxon; packaged on various labels, but this is the only complete set (12 cuts) of authentic Afro-Cuban jamming, w/top star vocals; great jacket photo too
Jack Costanzo: Bongo Fever--Jack Costanzo at the Garden of Allah; Liberty LRP-3109; deep groove white-label promo E+/E+ $60 -- Latin jazz/bongo bop; live!; one of his best & rarest! (not to be confused w/the later Sunset compilation "Bongo Fever" which is drawn mostly from the also-rare "Latin Fever" LP); Bongo Fever, Besame Mucho Rock, Garden of Allah Bongo, Birl's Works, Consternation, Salta Perico, Harlem Nocturne, Bei Mir Bist du Schon..
Jack Costanzo: Learn--Play Bongos; Liberty LRP-3177 (mono-only); E+/E+ $30 -- instruction/bongo-rock/Latin; w/original [photo-notational/instructional] inner sleeve; one of the very best bongo-instruction LPs ever, with narrative help from LA DJ Ira Cook; features some of the best (yet lesser-known) musical moments of Mr. Bongo, incl. bongo-rock (fabulously rare, original instrumentals w/swinging '60s guitar!) and very good Latin/Afro-Cuban; spoken instruction plus instructional notation and photos on the inner sleeve; learn from the guy who taught Marlon Brando and many others!
Slim Gaillard at Birdland; Hep 21; 1979/1951; E/N- $20 -- beatnik hep jazz; live; w/Slam Stewart, Billy Taylor, Terry Gibbs, Brew Moore; one of the best in terrific UK series reissuing (& issuing for the first time) rare & wonderful SG performances in mono as originally recorded; this one has most of his biggest hits & serves as exciting intro to the top name in zoot-suit-era hipster music; Flat Foot Floogie #s 1&2, Cement Mixer, Sabroso, Imagination, Oh Lady Be Good, Fine & Dandy, Serenade in Sulfur-8, Serenade in Vout
Jerry Goldsmith: Our Man Flint ST; 20th Century Fox TFS-4179; 1966; E+/N S $35 (or cutout E+/N- shrink S $30, specify) (or cutout E+/N- S $25, specify) -- spy/electronica/exotica; w/Shelly Manne, Arthur Morton, Warren Barker, Ronnie Lang, Bob Bain, Al Hendrickson..; better than "In Like Flint" and one of the very best, hippest, swingingest spy grooves all the way through!; exotic tunes (Warren Barker!), guitar, and electronica (Thomas organ and solovox) make it a standout--if you know the "Planet of the Apes" ST you know that Goldsmith can be square, but not this time!!!; dig the catchy titles: Our Man Flint, Never Mind--You'd Love It, It's Gotta Be a World's Record, Man Does Not Live by Bread Alone, Take Some Risks Mr. Flint?, Tell Me More About that Volcano, You're a Foolish Man Mr. Flint, In Like Flint, Doing as the Romans Did, Galaxy A Go-Go! (or Leave it to Flint), All I Have to Do is Take a Bite of Your Apple?, Stall! Stall! Flint's Alive
Babs Gonzales: Live at Small's Paradise; Audio Fidelity/Chiaroscuro CR-2025 (reissues Sunday Afternoon at Small's Paradise; Audio Fidelity/Dauntless DM-4311; 1963) N/N- shrink $60 (or E+/E+ $50, specify) -- "wild, swinging, demoniac, funky, hilarious, way-out, continental, down home, home-cooked, volatile, expoobident, groovy, bombastic, stoned, risque, hip, incredible, orgiastic, superstitious, finger-popping, rabelasian, didactic, crowd-pleasing, recherche, humanitarian, nitty gritty, spontaneous, unspeakable"--his rare live masterpiece (which is really something!); classic artwork features far-out photo of Babs expubidenting, cig & drink in hand; w/Johnny Griffin, Clark Terry, Horace Parlan..; Dem Jive New Yorkers, Oop-Pop-A-Da, Integration, Be-Bop Santa Claus, Keep an Ugly Woman, St. Louis Blues..
Babs Gonzales: Babs; Audio Fidelity/Chiaroscuro CR-2032; 1981; E/E+ S $40 -- the original hipster's hipster live; AF reissue; w/Johnny Griffin, Clark Terry, Horace Parlan, Melba Liston, Charlie Rouse..; Cool Cooking, Speedy Gonzales (Me Spelled M-E Me), Lullaby of the Doomed, Babs Mood for Love..
Juliette Greco: Les Grandes Chansons (Volume III); Columbia Adventures in Sound WL-174; gold-label promo E/E+ $40 (or stock E-/E+ $30, specify) -- French/torch/beatnik; recorded in Paris w/full French lyrics & English translations ($40 copy only); the original Left Banke "beatnik in black" works her magic in a classic, scarce treasure (one of the tiny handful of great LPs in this series); obviously if you speak French and care about French culture, it's essential, but we recommend it for anyone
John Gregory & his Orchestra: Channel Thrill!--The TV Thriller Themes; Philips/Fontana TFL-5170; ??/1961; UK import E+/N- $40 -- crime; reissues "TV Thriller Themes" with the "Maigret" theme added (bonus track!); rare in either form, at least in the US, it's a wonderfully comprehensive survey of the major TV crime themes, replete with bongos on several cuts & even such touches as whistling & vocals where appropriate--in other words, just what a crime-theme LP should be! (and rare); Route 66, Tightrope, Roaring 20s, M Squad, Ghost Squad, Top Secret, The Avengers, Maigret, Echo 4-2, Perry Mason, 77 Sunset Strip, Johnny Staccato
Johnny Gunn w/Don Ralke: Introspection IV; Warner Bros. WS-1372; 1960; sealed S $150 -- beatnik/suspense; spoken w/music; WILD poetic narrations, or "flip-end vignettes," or "outre weirdos"; rare as the dickens & we actually have it still sealed & uncut (tho there is just the slightest bit of rub wear on the jacket just at the very bottom); see p.40 of the Taschen book "Beatsville" for what it looks like; narrated by Gunn, who sounds like Rod McKuen at his absolute hippest but comes off like Ken Nordine or even John Rydgren, comparable also to La Dolce Henke; Ralke & other top percussionists provide great background (even space music) to hip, spooky tales each with a twist & all with a very noirish feel; Chicken, Sentry, Night, Chris, Blood, Gunnsmog, Solicitress, Imagine, Voodoo, Pattern, Lastthought
[The Mad Musical World of] Mel Henke: La Dolce Henke; Warner Bros. W-1472; 1962 N/N shrink $100 (or E+/N- $80, specify) -- beatnik/space/strange/novelty; w/Mel Blanc(!); rare/in high demand, like the best moments in "Kookie" if not EVEN BETTER!!!; famous for "The Lively Ones" (wack, uptempo, beatnik jive comparing a woman's bod to a car) & the awesome "Woman in Space" (w/Beverly Ford) but it's chockablock w/many other crazy bits & Esquivellian space-age thrills; great jacket, too!; an odd-pop AND beatnik holy grail/best-of-breed!
Mel Henke: Dynamic Adventures in Sound; Warner Bros. B-1447; 1962; gatefold E/E $50 -- exotica/space-age pop/novelty; the other rare, great one by "La Dolce" Henke (this is the OTHER odd-pop Henke everyone needs); in the scarce Workshop Series, this "spectacular musical extravaganza" purports to be "architecturally constructed to induce the maximum in audio sensation" & "exploring uncharted patterns of sound"; the 2 MAJOR highlights are "Exotic Adventure" & "Old MacDonald Had a Girl," in which a woman sensuously giggles, a la Jim Backus' "Delicious" only much, much BETTER!!!
Alfred Hitchcock Presents Music to Be Murdered By; DRG SL-5183; 1980 (UK reissue of rare US Imperial); N/N shrink S $35 -- crime; rare, even as a reissue!; partly spoken (Hitchcock's narration is what it's all about) w/spooky-spacey-suspenseful orchestral music; of course, just as decor it makes the perfect gift for that mortician, homicide detective, or assistant D.A. in your life -- not to mention the Hitchcock fan!; Suspicion, Music to be Murdered By, Alfred Hitchcock Television Theme, I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance with You..
Kenyon Hopkins: Nightmare!!; MGM E-4104; E+/E+ $70 -- crime/suspense/horror/effects/Mid-East/whistling/odd pop; one of his best LPs (better than the well-known "Shock," "Panic," and a few others more or less like it); produced by Creed Taylor; very rare, great jacket, liners, and of course wild, creative music!; thirteen (of course!) sensational, horror-jazz, pop-soundtrack-sounding, creepy-crawly-yet-totally-swinging tracks to bug out by: The Tell-Tale Heart, Invasion of the Locusts, The Loft, Ghost Ship, The Watery Grave, Chamber of Horrors, The Red-Eyed Rats, The Shaft, Werewolf, Living Tomb, The Chase, Tara's Theme, Monster Meet
Kenyon Hopkins: The Fugitive Kind ST; United Artists UAL-4065; 1960; deep groove E/E $75 -- twist/suspense; one of the fine rare Hopkins STs (like "The Hustler"); Tennesse Williams play "Orpheus Descending" adapted for film starring Marlon Brando (pictured w/Anna Magnani & Joanne Woodward); the twist "Get Crazy" & "High Pocket Blues" are uptempo picks, but the whole thing is full of great sounds & themes, such as the strange blues vocal "Let Me Out"
Dick Hyman: The Man from O.R.G.A.N.; Command RS-891-SD; 1965; gatefold N-/N- S $35 -- organ/spy; Hyman's very distinctive Lowrey sound nails most of the very best spy themes in the loud, totally swinging way of his best work on Command (for many people this is the best LP of his they'll ever hear, but he did some other great ones, too); The Man from O.R.G.A.N. (great original w/guitar), The Liquidator (Lalo Schifrin!), The Cat (Lalo Schifrin!), Agent Double-O-Soul (w/chorus), I Spy, Honey West, A Man Alone, 3rd Man, Danger, Thunderball, Man from UNCLE..
Linda Lawson: Introducing Linda Lawson; Chancellor CHLS-5010; 1960; N/E shrink S $60 -- torch/beatnik; besides her singing talent, the LP is highly desirable for several reasons: (1) scarcity, (2) gorgeous jacket (she was the super-foxy French-Tahitian bartender Renee in "Adventures in Paradise"; she also guested on many other TV shows of the day), (3) hip tunes, including her legendary version of the swinging beatnik/Beat tribute "Like Young" (Kerouac reference), (4) arr. Marty Paich w/top CA players, including Bud Shank, Frank Rosolino, Jack Sheldon, Jimmy Rowles, Mel Lewis..
Katie Lee: Songs of Couch & Consultation; Commentary CNT-01; E+/N- $25 (or E-/N- $20, specify) -- "vocal consultation"; w/Bob Thompson!; famous, venerated, SUPERB, MUST-HAVE, twisted, psychoanalysis-themed spoofs of folk classics (shrink-inspired comedy ballads, very beatnik); follows "Saucy Songs for Cool Knights" but far better; as featured in Incredibly Strange Music; mono only (there is no stereo); Shrinker Man, [I've Got] the Will to Fail, Schizophrenic Moon, Hush Little Sibling, Real Sick Sounds, Properly Loved, It Must be Something Psychological, Repressed Hostility Blues..
Katie Lee: Songs of Couch & Consultation; Reprise R-6025; 1961/195? (REISSUES Commentary CNT-01); white-label promo, deep groove N-/N $25 (or deep groove N-/N- $20, specify) -- picked up for national distribution on Sinatra's new label, this early reissue features different jacket art but it's every bit as good as the Commentary version; everyone definitely should have one or the other or both (it's that good) plus the RCA LP!
Katie Lee w/Ray Martin: Life is Just a Bed of Neuroses; RCA Victor LSP-2214; 1960; 1st E+/N- S $35 (or mono LPM-2214; E+/N- $25, specify) (or mono E/E $20, specify) -- "vocal consultation"; wonderful, rarer sequel to the beloved "Songs of Couch & Consultation" LP of shrink-inspired comedy ballads by the charming, beatnik folk singer; art & liners by Mad Magazine's Don Martin & Frank Jacobs!; Don'tville, The Insecure Tango, Ballad for Group Therapy, Love That Man, We Must Adjust..
Enoch Light: Paperback Ballet; Command RS-805-SD; 1963/1959; N/N shrink cutout S $20 (or N/E+ cutout S $15, specify) -- crime; originally titled "The Private Life of a Private Eye," it's a welcome reissue (old) of a scarce classic for crime/suspense buffs, essential for its original tunes composed by Light & Lew Davies: The Private Life of a Private Eye, The Gang at the Green Grotto, Harry's Hideout, Dirty Work Underfoot, Frenchy's Tune, Harlem Hot-Shot in a Hurry, Blonde Bombshell, Mess in Morocco, The Creep, Serenade for a Sweet Babe, Living on Borrowed Time, Gum Shoe Lullaby
Henry Mancini: Experiment in Terror ST; RCA Victor LSP-2442; 1962; German press/2nd cover E/E- S $20 -- crime/twist; "1962's double 'Oscar' winner"; very scarce in the US version and one of the best-kept secrets in both crime and twist, this Mancini wonder offers the title cut in both straight and an unbeatable twist version, plus "Tooty Twist" and other winners; revised version of the jacket features a hung mannekin instead of the earlier mugging scene but equivalent appeal; nice thick vinyl!
Henry Mancini: The Party ST; RCA LSP-3997; 1968; deep groove 2nd press cutout E+/N shrink S $25 -- sitar (Bill Plummer!) on the title cut (both vocal & instrumental versions--uptempo, jazzy sitar-soul) make it desirable beyond even the norm: top players, wild Mad-Magazine-like cartoon jacket, groovy Peter Sellers (pictured w/sitar as "Hrundi V. Bakshi"); Birdie Num-Num, Wiggy, Brunette in Yellow, Party Poop..
Henry Mancini: Mancini's Angels; RCA Victor APL1-2290; 1977; N/N shrink S $20 (or N-/N S $20, specify) -- crime/funk/Moog/disco/TV themes; one of his hip '70s ones w/breakbeats & synth; features Harvey Mason, Larry Bunker, Lee Ritenour, Chris Mancini on Arp; Charlie's Angels, Evergreen (A Star is Born), Car Wash (funky!), Inspector Clouseau, Silver Streak, What's Happening, The Moneychangers, Gonna Fly Now, Roots
Johnny Mandel: Harper ST; Mainstream 56078; N/E- shrink $40 -- crime/mod soul; rare ST from the terrific Paul Newman vehicle; wide variety of '60s sounds ("Mexican Breakfast" takes care of Mexicali), but the real star is the DJ-worthy "Harper Does it Better," a mod-soul/boogaloo organ jukebox dirge (like Lalo Schifrin's "The Bird" from The Liquidator ST); slight noise in unimportant places but well worth it, espec. at the price
Ralph Marterie & his Marlboro Men: Music for a Private Eye; Mercury/Wing SRW-16238; 1st, deep groove N-/E S $25 -- crime; "swinging themes of famous TV whodunits" (and how) arr. by crime-jazz masters Pete Rugolo and Skip Martin; truly "crime jazz" and a fun classic to boot (not just a slick jacket); M Squad, Perry Mason, Richard Diamond, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Thin Man, Private Eyeball, The D.A., Riff Blues, Peter Gunn
Skip Martin: The Music from Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer; RCA Victor LPM-2140; 1959; deep groove E/E $30 -- crime/TV; "Sound of Violence"; dramatic jacket and music for a classic, influential series; traditionally hard to find and considered a collectors item, its value has declined in recent years, making it an easy one to add to anyone's crime-theme collection
Rod McKuen: Life Is (Beatsville in stereo); Everest/Tradition 3267; E/N- S $20 -- beatnik/spokenw/background music; w/Howard Heitmeyer-guitar, Buddy Collete-flute, Paul Gray-string bass; welcome reissue of Rod McKuen's classic beatnik LP from 1959; even if you're among the lucky few who have the original Beatsville (invariably worn mono), you'll want this for its clean stereo listenability (keep the other for its terrific jacket); Co-Existence Bagel Shop Blues, Bearded Ladies, Haiku Poems, No Pictures Please, Back to Sausalito, Three Songs for "S", RSVP, Joue, Reflections on a Plane Trip Home, Life Is, The Bird Boy, Grant Avenue Square Dance, A Gallery of Assorted Beats, Get the Hell Out of My World, Like, What is a Fabian?
Rod McKuen Takes a San Francisco Hippie Trip; Everest/Tradition 2063; E/N S $25 (or E-/E+ S $20, specify) -- beatnik/spoken w/background music; has a toehold in the hippie era (as w/"How to Speak Hip") but is solidly bongo-bop-fueled beatnikism, with bongos & beatnik references galore; Rod McKuen made two other great beatnik records (The Yellow Unicorn & Beatsville), but fortunately this one sold well enough that it turns up steadily and remains within reach of everyone, so snap it up!
Rod McKuen/Tak Shindo/Julie Meredith: The Yellow Unicorn; Imperial LP-9092; E/N- $75 -- beatnik/exotica/spoken/twisted folk; "For: Hip, Cool, Frantic, 'Beats'...and Adults Only"; not "adults only" in that sense but a great treasure and iconic beatnik LP; the best cut may be Rod McKuen's "Third Avenue" (California boy meets seedy Lower East Side) which tops even "Beatsville"--it's a real howler!; but you can't go wrong with rare Tak Shindo exotica (Cherry Blossoms, Summer Festival, Autumn Rain, Moon Over the Ruined Castle), which is the other thing that makes it a must-have (that and the jacket and vibe); rare, far-out music unavailable otherwise!
Hugo Montenegro: Come Spy with Me; RCA Victor LSP-3540; 1966; V+/E+ S $20 -- spy; as w/his Man from UNCLE LPs --but rarer-- it's absolutely terrific!; most of the covers are better/stranger than the originals (The James Bond Theme is trippy with organ & horns here) & the title original is hot too!; Secret Agent Man, I Spy, The FBI, Thunderball, The Silencers, Get Smart, Come Spy with Me, Goldfinger, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Our Man Flint, James Bond Theme
Hugo Montenegro: More Music from the Man from U.N.C.L.E.; RCA Victor LSP-3574; 1966; deep groove N/N- S $50 (or N-/E S $30, specify) -- spy; WOW!!!; hip, funky, happening--one of the very best of the idiom, if not THE best (much better than the 1st LP); besides being very strong all along, several cuts are deeply hip & essential for DJs (definitely for spy-crime fans); Sandals Only, Solo Busanova, Off & Running, Boo-Bam-Boo Baby, Slink, Run Spy Run, Jungle Heat, The Wiggely Pig Walk, Lament for a Trapped Spy, There They Go, Jo Jo's Torch Song, Dance of the Flaming Swords
Buddy Morrow: Poe for Moderns; RCA Victor LPM-2208; 1960; deep groove 1st press E-/N- $25 -- crime/suspense/twist/spoken/whistling; rare, unique wonder (far beyond anything else by Morrow); superb production (music, concept, jacket art, liners); features vocal group The Skip-Jacks & quite affecting whistling; The Murders in the Rue Morgue, Annabel Lee, The Gold Bug, A Descent into the Maelstrom, The Bells, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Pit & the Pendulum, Ulalume, The Black Cat, The Raven, Quoth the Raven, The Tell-Tale Heart
Don Morrow: Grimm's Hip Fairy Tales as Dug by Don Morrow; Roulette R-25146; 1960; deep groove E-/V $100 -- beatnik; legendary, super-rare expansion of the Al Collins shtick (Side 1 is 3 far-out tales rapped over jazz; Side 2 is an original beatnik-jazz instrumental set); fantastic performance, charming jacket art, hipsterical liner notes; deserves its reputation as one of the best of the very few LP-length beatnik LPs; w/Andy Doyle, Mort Lindsey, Phil Bodner, Jerome Richardson, Doc Severinson, Jack Zimmerman, Barry Galbraith, Don Lamond, Ted Sommers..; Like Hansel & Gretel, Like the Shoemaker & the Elves, Like Rumplestiltskin, All That Jazz, A Little Night Music, Like Wow!, Two Little Kooks, Two-Beat Beatniks, It Ain't Grindlesteig, Gossip, Kerouazy; masking tape on jacket top and bottom edges; some marks & noise but it's too rare/good to be precious about
[Jerry Murad's] Harmonicats: Great Themes from TV & Motion Pictures; Columbia/Harmony HS-11223; N/N shrink S $15 -- spy/crime/harmonica: normally we avoid the Harmonicats (worthy as they may be for pop harmonica) except this LP, which really is worthwhile!; on the Harmony sub-label only; Avengers (hard to get this tune in the US!), Pink Panther, Spy with a Cold Nose, Peter Gunn, Charade; plus mod fare: Music to Watch Girls By, Georgy Girl, Wives & Lovers, Moon River, Born Free
Ken Nordine w/Fred Katz Group: Son of Word Jazz; Dot Jazz Horizons DLP-25,096; 1958; 1st/deep groove E/E+ S $50 -- beatnik; "more phenomenal words and jazz and hi-fi sounds!"; super-cute jacket, rare stereo; harder to find than the astounding, ground-breaking, classic 1st LP & every bit as good; snap it up before it's TOTALLY GONESVILLE!!!
Ken Nordine: The Voice of Love; Paramount/Dot/Hamilton HLP-12102; deep groove E/E+ S $50 -- same as a super-rare Dot LP called "Love Words"; jacket face is different, otherwise same great stuff; it's on a romantic bent, of course, and Nordine's intimate voice comes off quite well, if tongue-in-cheek
Ken Nordine: Passion in the Desert; FM 304; N-/N $100 -- Nordine reads Balzac accompanied by bassist Johnny Frigo(!!!) & Dick Marks (piano); rare op-art label & inner sleeve are other nice features but it's most famous for the Alan Douglas jacket art, which is of the story's subject, a bare-breasted leopard woman
Ken Nordine: Robert Shure's "Twink"; Philips PHS-600-258; 1967; cutout E-/E S $60 -- beatnik/strange/spoken w/music; what a joy!; 34 totally far-out bits mainly about everyday things (eyelashes, ping pong, zebra sex); goes beyond Word Jazz & even Colors (the other great Nordine LP on this label); very modern music (jazz, percussion, even some w/guitar-rock); we agree w/those who consider it probably his best work; hard to find; groovy jacket art (see p.40 of the Taschen book "Beatsville") & liner notes round it off; YOU NEED THIS!!!
[Ken Nordine &] Billy Vaughn: The Shifting Whispering Sands; Dot DLP-25442; 2nd label cutout N/N shrink S $20 -- Ken Nordine narrates the 2-part title track, centerpiece of a fine suite of Western themes
Ken Nordine: How Are Things in Your Town?; Blue Thumb BTS-33; 1971; 2-LP gatefold cutout sealed S $30 -- spoken/beatnik/jazz; superb compilation of 22 far-out cuts drawn from the four rare, coveted, and rarely perfect (like this unopened beauty at the used price) Word Jazz LPs PLUS the previously unreleased outtake "Pacing" (so you need it even if you have a few of the Dot LPs); worth it just for the gatefold photo of Nordine as pacifist-pugilist!; Original Sin, Outer Space, Lemming, Flibberty Jib, Smerd, The Whistler, The Vidiot, Miss Cone, Mr. Big, Looks Like Rain..
Mike Pacheco: Bongo Bop; Tampa TP-10; red vinyl, deep groove, promo E/V $50 -- bongo bop; THE classic of the idiom (see the bongo bop page at the Soul Patch) by former Perez Prado player; stellar West Coast jazz quartet w/Oscar Moore, Carl Perkins, Joe Comfort; Up Tempo, Buddy Can You Spare a Dime, There'll Never Be Another You, April in Paris, Warm Up, Samson & Delilah Theme, Kiss Me Again, Dinner for One, Walkin' Home, Moonlight in Vermont; wear/noise but well worth it
Mike Pacheco: Bongo Skins (Bongo Bop); Tampa TP-10; deep groove N-/V $30 -- bongo bop; second version of THE classic of the idiom (see the bongo bop page at the Soul Patch) by former Perez Prado player; stellar West Coast jazz quartet w/Oscar Moore, Carl Perkins, Joe Comfort; Up Tempo, Buddy Can You Spare a Dime, There'll Never Be Another You, April in Paris, Warm Up, Samson & Delilah Theme, Kiss Me Again, Dinner for One, Walkin' Home, Moonlight in Vermont; wear/noise but well worth it; seam splits
Mike Pacheco: Bongo Session; Tampa TP-21; deep groove E/V+ $75 -- bongo bop; sextet w/Carlos Vidal, Shelly Manne, Robert Gil, Julio Ayala, Frank Guerrero; another of his few, scarce, wonderful records; Move, Sometimes I'm Happy, Rhumba by Candlelight, Fascination, Caravan, Magitos, Number Four
[Mike Pacheco &] Carlos Vidal: Congo Drums; Tampa RS-1000 (formerly TP-32); black label deep groove E+/as is $25 -- Latin jazz/bongo bop; fantastic rarity (great jacket, great music) w/Mike Pacheco, Shelly Manne, Robert Gil, Tony Rizzi, Tony Reyes; Too Marvelous, Hop Skip & Jump, I'll Take Romance, Round Robin, Nightingale (Cugat's exotica masterpiece), Gil's Dilemma, Bobby's Fables
Kenneth Patchen Reads w/Allyn Frguson & The Chamber Jazz Sextet; Trend/Discovery DS-858; 1983/1957 (reissues Cadence CLP-3004) w/lyrics inner sleeve, cutout N-/N $40 -- Beat poet w/jazz; excellent, reprints authentic Beat LP (both versions very rare!); better still, you get new artwork, photo, lyrics, & info & great sound/shape -- better than the original!
Shorty Petterstein: The Wide Weird World of; World Pacific WP-1274 (formerly WPM-412); 1958; black/deep groove N-/N- $300 -- beatnik/Beat/psychological comedy/spoken w/sounds; "More Interviews of Our Time"; one of the holy grails of the idiom (for desirability as well as rarity), its 15 great mad bits include even a cover of Woody Leafer's legendary "Drums in the Typewriter"; spiced up w/electronic sounds & effects --perhaps tape manipulation-- worthy of music concrete & avant garde fans; top jacket (see p.40 of the Taschen book "Beatsville"), liners, etc.
Paul Phillips & his Band/Joe Harnell: The Sound of Midnight--Naked City; Kapp Medallion MS-7517; gatefold E/E- S $15 (5 $15 LPs for $50) -- crime/mod; best entry in the scarce Kapp audiophile series; interprets rare/wonderful "Naked City" (noir/urban/crime ST) in truly swinging arrangements by Joe Harnell of --what else-- mod brass & bongos (here better than most similar stuff on Time, Command, Victor, etc.); Fever, Route 66, Naked City theme, Harlem Nocturne..
Piero Piccioni: The Tenth Victim ST; Mainstream S-6072; 1965/1964; E+/N- S $75 -- crime/sci-fi suspense/wordless chorus/mod jazz/organ; rare ST, here uncut, stereo, top shape ("47" marked in white space on jacket, otherwise gorgeous); film features Ursula Andress & Marcello Mastroianni
Sid Ramin: Stiletto ST; Columbia Masterworks OS-3360; 1968; sealed S $50 (or promo E+/E- S $20, specify) -- crime/mod/funk/bossa; highest recommendation as one of the very best & hippest modern crime/spy/suspense STs (we love it & look for it always); packed w/hard-hitting, '70s-sounding tunes ideal for DJs & samplers as well as crime ST fans--something for everyone, really; the film, from a Harold Robbins novel, stars Britt Ekland & features Barbara McNair; Knife Fight on the Hill, Stiletto, Sugar in the Rain, Tram, Follow That Man, Goat Island, Confrontation..
Pete Rugolo/Jimmy McHugh: The Music from Richard Diamond; Mercury/EmArcy MG-36162; deep groove E+/E $25 -- crime/bongo bop; widely recognized as terrific, essential; epitomizes crime idiom in its circa-1960 heyday; high-impact w/great use of bongos & jazz elements; dramatic jacket art caps it off; Richard Diamond Theme, Diamond on the Move, Who's Sam?, The Teaser, Teen Age Rock, The Sleeve Job, Does Mama Know You're Out?..
Lalo Schifrin: Gone with the Wave ST; Colpix SCP-492; 1965; 1st/deep groove E/E S $90 (or 1st/deep groove E-/E- S $60, specify) (or mono CP-492 E+/N- $90, specify) -- "Modern sounds go surfing" says the jacket (4 surf scenes in sequence--surf-photo collectors take note) though it's way beyond surf music; one of his rarest & very best; all-star players (Francisco Aguabella, Paul Horn, Frank Rosolino, Shelly Manne, Bob Bain, Laurindo Almeida, Howard Roberts, Milt Holland..) as well very creative, fun, varied (mod, Latin, exotic...), original tunes (A Taste of Bamboo, Taco-Taquito, Breaks, Aqua Blues, Surf Waltz, Breaks Bossa Nova, Waimea Bay, Halieva Blues..); bottom line: star-quality playing of hip, mod, exotic jazz--everything you want from West Coast players but rarely get
Lalo Schifrin: Cool Hand Luke ST; Dot DLP-25833; sealed S $100 (or cutout N/N shrink S $75, specify) -- crime ST/jazz-blues; Academy Award winner, long considered a masterpiece, one of his scarcest, & a real collectors item -- particularly the stereo perfection offered here!
Lalo Schifrin: Once a Thief & Other Themes; Verve V-8624; 1965; gatefold; deep groove cutout E+/E+ S $20 -- mod soul jazz/spy/crime/bossa; Irene Reid sings on 2 but the instrumental must-have, hot picks are "The Cat" & "The Man from THRUSH" (which Pizzicato Five famously remixed TOGETHER to make their monster hit "Twiggy"); all great &, while very affordable, one of the finest things on Verve or by the great Schifrin
Lalo Schifrin: Mannix (TV Show ST); Paramount PAS-5004; E-/E+ S $30 (or V+/E+ S $20, specify) -- crime/funky; a great ST (one of even terrific Lalo's very best) for music lovers w/several major tracks DJs will love, it's heavy-duty, very scarce, & much in demand (like the Bullitt ST only even rarer); YOU NEED IT!!!; Mannix, The Edge of Night, The Girl Who Came in with the Tide, Beyond the Shadow of Today, The Shadow, Turn Every Stone (Shorty Rogers original), Hunt Down, Warning: Live Blueberries, Fear, The End of the Rainbow, End Game
Lalo Schifrin: The Liquidator ST; MGM SE-4413-ST; uncut N/N shrink S $75 (or uncut E/N S $40, specify) (or mono E-4413 sealed $40, specify) (or [mono] yellow-label promo E-/N $35, specify) -- spy/mod soul/soul jazz/bossa; everything is great about this treasure from Lalo: 1st-rate artists/music, liners, groovy jacket design; the title vocal by Shirley Bassey rates as the hipster's "Goldfinger"; then there are the contributions of U.K. tenor sax legend Tubby Hayes(!); but the real star is "The Bird," a mod-soul blaster to die for: a blaring, bluesy jukebox riff/dirge that just screams swingin' '60s (a total mover for DJs); GET IT!!!
Creed Taylor: Lonelyville--The Nervous Beat; ABC-Paramount ABCS-308; 1st/deep groove E/E+ S $35 -- crime; sought-after classic w/hip concept/jacket is also a masterpiece by Taylor, Kenyon Hopkins, & Bob Kenyon!; great sound---loud!; The Nervous Beat, Lonely Girl, Dream Beat, The Lonesome Road, Lonely Train, Lonesome River, Dark Street, St. James Infirmary..
Armando Trovajoli: Seven Golden Men ST; United Artists UAS-5193; N/N- ES $30 (or promo E/E- ES $20, specify) -- crime/spy/wordless chorus/mod/whistling/drums; US release of a terrific, obscure ST from a hot Italian film; great variety of sounds & styles!; 15 cuts: Seven Golden Men, Ping Pong, Thunder Bolt, The Plot Thickens, Brick Top, The Chase..
Billy Vaughn: The Shifting Whispering Sands -- see Ken Nordine above
Stanley Wilson: The Music from M Squad; RCA Victor LSP-2062; 1959; 1st press E-/E S $25 -- crime/noir jazz; "Sounds of TV" from the NBC series starring Lee Marvin; long a scarce collectors item, it's fantastic stuff (all 12 cuts) produced by Russ Garcia; M Squad Theme, The Chase, The Search, The Jukebox, The Mugger, The Late Spot, The Cha-Cha Club..
Uncredited: [Production Music]; Robert Hall RH-104/105; generic/E- $50 -- production (sound library)/mod soul/mod jazz/crime jazz/bongo bop; very similar to a great Sam Fox (Synchrofox) LP we just sold, it's one of our favorites on a terrific, underrated US label; all great short (most about 1.5 mins.) but well-developed tunes; Side 1 is mainly uptempo, swingin' '60s mod soul, mod jazz stuff (great!)--12 hip cuts such as Minor Bird, Pot Luck, The In Thing, Flute Nova, Palm Trees & a Flute, Friday Night, East 53rd..; Side 2 leans more on the bongo-bop, mod-jazz, crime-noir kick; dig the 13 crazy titles: Pete Gunner MT, Cool Tension, Bongo Blues, Hip Chick, Withdrawal, East Side Party, Wild Party, Feeling High, 125th St, 3am, Cold Turkey, Frantic, 5am
Various: Capitol Jazz Classics Vol. 13--Strictly Bebop; Capitol M-11059; 1972/1949-50; red label E/N- $30 (or red cutout E-/E $20, specify) -- Babs Gonzales/Dizzy Gillespie/Tadd Dameron; a prize for both hep jive cats (for whom this page exists) & classic jazz collectors, it's absolutely essential for the 5 first-rate Babs Gonzales songs/scats/experiences you won't find otherwise (forget about landing the super-rare original singles on scratchy fragile 78s!): Capitolizing, Professor Bop, St. Louis Blues, Real Crazy, Prelude to a Nightmare; the Dameron & Gillespie cuts are great too!; best of all, it's in clean mono hi-fi, a huge improvement over 78s; THRILLSVILLE, DAD!!!
Various: The Cool Scene--Twelve New Ways to Fly; Warner Bros. W-1328; 1959; E-/V+ $15 -- compilation/showcase; famous for the jacket/title, it also yields some slick tracks you won't find elsewhere in a couple of important cases, or at least we haven't found them otherwise; The Big Sound of Don Ralke ("Deserted Harem"), Warren Barker, Frank Comstock ("The D.A.'s Man"), Smart Set, Chico Hamilton, Signatures, Trombones Inc., Marty Wilson ("Manteca"--from Jungala), Guitars Inc., Robert Prince; in excellent shape except one small spot not affecting anything important
Various: Merry Christmas from Sesame Street; Children's Television Workshop CTW-25516; 1975 gatefold; N-/E+ S $25 (or E+/E- S $20, specify) -- Christmas/kids/beatnik; worthy in many respects, but holy for Northern Calloway's "The Night Before Christmas on Sesame Street" -- rapped in hip, beatnik, Al Collins-esque jive style (there are several beatnik takes on "The Night Before Christmas" but this is one of the best, if not THE best!); also notable for "Saludo" (Latin) & general kids/Sesame St. interest
Lenny Bruce Live at the Curran Theater! picture-sleeve EP; Fantasy FP-2; promo (promo-only EP) N-/N- $20 -- comedy; rare!; nearly 11 minutes of great bits from the 3-LP Curran Theater set; Pot, Grandchildren, Jewish & Goyish, Authority, A Letter to God, Russia & China, The Lie
Edd Byrnes & Friend: Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)/You're the Top; Warner Bros. 5047; E $10 -- the classic of classics; A-side w/Connie Stevens; w/the Big Sound of Don Ralke
Al "Jazzbo" Collins: Little Red Riding Hood/3 Little Pigs; Decca/Brunswick 9-80226; 1953; black label V+ $25 -- beatnik/hip/jazz; the classic on 45; w/Lou Stein, piano; copyright Down Beat, Inc. & Steve Allen
Jack Costanzo: Mr. Bongo Has Brass Compact-33 7" EP; Zephyr ZP-7003; picture-sleeve (shown) promo E+/N- $90 -- impossibly rare promo-only compact-33 EP version of what is probably his 1st LP, on obscure small Hollywood label; great '50s modern-art jacket/liners; even if you are lucky enough to have the LP, itself a collectors item, you may still need this item for its superior condition (both looks and play); Diga Diga Do, El Diablito, Man with the Golden Arm, Row Row Row Your Boat, Street Scene, The Continental
The Gallants (H.B. Barnum): The Man from U.N.C.L.E./The Vagabond; Capitol 5376; E $15 -- guitar instrumental; prod. David Axelrod (some brief solos incl. drum tho not funky); mild warp but plays fine
Babs Gonzales w/Jimmy Smith Trio: You Need Connections/'Round About Midnight; Blue Note 1638 AND Babs Gonzales & his International Jazz Men: Sugar Ray/Cool Whalin'; Babs 6402/6403 -- both are AS IS (the Babs single is cracked thru but playable); expect wear & noise; $25 gets them both, take it or leave it
Bob McFadden & D'Or: The Mummy/The Beat Generation; Brunswick 9-55140; V+ $20 -- beatnik; B-side is Rod McKuen's CLASSIC of the idiom (NOT the mediocre Mamie Van Doren movie song but rather the anthem famously covered in the '80s by the terrific Beat Farmers); "D'Or" is none other than Rod McKuen himself
Ken Nordine & the Fred Katz Group: Hunger is From/My Baby; Dot 45-15658; E $15 -- beatnik/word jazz; far-out stuff from the original "Word Jazz" LP here in the high-gain, high-impact hi-fi that you only get with the 7"; eat it up, baby!
Ken Nordine & the Fred Katz Group: I Used to Think My Right Hand Was Uglier Than My Left Hand/My Baby; Dot 16000; E $20 (or E- $15, specify) -- beatnik/word jazz; B-side "From the TV Spectacular 'Another Evening With Fred Astaire'" features his son; both cuts are super hip; every jukebox of the gods needs Nordine!
Stan Purdy: Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Story Vol. II; V (Fifth Corp.) EP V-2502; (c)1954; V+/E $15 -- crime; impossibly rare & obscure treatment of music for the show (not the same as the Skip Martin ST); you'd have to pay heaps more for the 10" LP, a heavy collectors item (as this is too, but...); intriguing jacket art and notes; Velda, Oh Mike!, The Woman, The Mike Hammer Theme
[Rafael "Googie" René] Googie Rene: Caesar's Pad/Serenade in the Night; Class 262; 1959; E+ $25 -- beatnik/modern jazz/Latin jazz; "Uh, dig this crazy scene...holy mackerel, Caesar!"; incredible, one of the best things ever to come from California and one of our all-time favorite pieces of hip wax; all-star crew, heavy on percussion, includes legends Jack Costanzo (bongo solos!), Modesto Duran, Milt Holland, Earl Palmer, Larry Bunker, Red Callender, Plas Johnson, Buddy Collette, Gerald Wilson..; it's the MOST, dad!; "Caesar's Pad," abridged for 45 play, is one of the two lead, killer tracks from the great Romesville LP
Steve Allen's Bop Fables; Simon & Schuster; 1955; hardcover, illustrated by George Price; Goldilocks & the Three Cool Bears, Three Mixed-Up Little Pigs, Crazy Red Riding Hood, Jack & the Real Flip Beanstalk -- sensational "kid's" book that further mines a golden idea; never too late to redo childhood as a hipster; 3rd press, some cover wear, $50
Kenneth Patchen: Doubleheader--Hurrah for Anything/Poemscapes/A Letter to God; New Directions NDP211, New York (1958); paperback, 137 pages -- this is a real "Beat" publication rather than Beatploitation; very good, $20
Bob Reisner: Beat Bop & Cool; Citadel, New York (no date); paperback, 64 pages, illustrated by Cecil Brathwaite! -- jokes, humor, cartoons; some cover wear, $50
James W. (Jim) Schock: Life is a Lousy Drag; Unicorn Publishing Co.; 1958; paperback, illustrated by Trubee Campbell -- thin/brief but excellent, not-so-exploitative guide to and meditation upon the Beat scene; one of the standouts of any good beatnik library; some cover wear, $50
John Schuyler: Beatnik Party; Bedside Books; 1959; paperback, 175 pages, fiction -- "The truth about the wild orgies of San Francisco's beat generation!"; "Crazed with Strange Desires...Shameful Affairs!"; classic beatploitation, some cover wear, $30
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