Monday, August 25, 2014

MICHEL POLNAREFF - LIPSTICK



Great album from French singer/songwriter Michel Polnareff, disco and experimental music, this album came out in 1976....

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Friday, August 22, 2014

MERCEDES SOSA - CANTATA SUDAMERICANA




Haydée Mercedes Sosa (9 July 1935 – 4 October 2009), known as La Negra (literally: The Black One), was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout Latin America and many countries outside the continent. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción. She gave voice to songs written by both Brazilians and Cubans. She was best known as the "voice of the voiceless ones"

Here's her beautiful 1972 album Cantata Sudamericana....

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Tuesday, August 19, 2014

DE FREEDMAN & DE KNIGHT - ROCK AROUND THE CLOCK



Here's a funny one, a postcard, a picture of the clock tower in Bern with a flexi disc on it on it and it's still in perfect shape (I've got another postcard like this but that one is just too damaged to play)....

Great instrumental cover from Rock Around The Clock:

"Rock Around the Clock" is a rock and roll song in the 12-bar blues format written by Max C. Freedman and James E. Myers (the latter under the pseudonym "Jimmy De Knight") in 1952. The best-known and most successful rendition was recorded by Bill Haley & His Comets in 1954 for American Decca. It was a number one single on both the US and UK charts and also re-entered the UK Singles Chart in the 1960s and 1970s.

It was not the first rock and roll record, nor was it the first successful record of the genre (Bill Haley had American chart success with "Crazy Man, Crazy" in 1953, and in 1954, "Shake, Rattle and Roll" sung by Big Joe Turner reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart). Haley's recording nevertheless became an anthem for rebellious Fifties youth[7] and is widely considered to be the song that, more than any other, brought rock and roll into mainstream culture around the world. The song is ranked No. 158 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

Although first recorded by Italian-American band Sonny Dae and His Knights on March 20, 1954,[1] the more famous version by Bill Haley & His Comets is not, strictly speaking, a cover version. Myers claimed the song had been written specifically for Haley but, for various reasons, Haley was unable to record it himself until April 12, 1954.

The original full title of the song was "We're Gonna Rock Around the Clock Tonight!". This was later shortened to "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock", though this form is generally only used on releases of the 1954 Bill Haley Decca Records recording; most other recordings of this song by Haley and others (including Sonny Dae) shorten this title further to "Rock Around the Clock".

I'm wondering who's playing this version, it's not Sonny Dae and His Knights:



And it's not Bill Haley's version either:



After a little search I found this:

http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/23073483_phonoscope-records-1950s-lot-of-3

Still doesn't tell me who is playing this version, only that this came out somewhere in the 50's....

Anyway, here's the track:

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Sunday, August 17, 2014

ALFREDITO & HIS ORCHESTRA - CRAZY TITLES FOR DANCING CHA CHA AND MERENGUE



Great album from Alfredito & His Orchestra that came out in 1958. The back cover was done by Frank Jacobs who used to make cartoons for Mad Magazine...

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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

PATY & MARY - ALGO DIFERENTE!



Here's an album from Mexican sisters Paty and Mary and this came out in the early 60's....

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Monday, August 11, 2014

LARRY ROBBINS WITH HIS ORCHESTRA & CHORUS - DRUMS FOR FANS



Can't find a lot of info about this one, it's being sold on the internet (ebay, popsike and other places) and there they call it "very rare killer psych funk breaks" etc. ... Very funny record though, it says on the cover (in German) "would you like to know how a drummer hears the music from his band?" and that's basically what it is, the band in the background on volume 5 and the drums on volume.... 40....

GET IT HERE

He made a few albums that were a lot better than this one judging by this:



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RATNA DJUWITA SARI - SUMPAH SUCI


And here's a bit of pop tarling music....

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Sunday, August 10, 2014

FRANK CHACKSFIELD AND HIS ORCHESTRA - SOUTH SEA ISLAND MAGIC


Hmmm.... For some reason my camera doesn't work.... Got this great dreamy exotica album from Frank Chacksfield WITH the cover but had to get a pic from the internet.... Beautiful music, remends me a lot of Jackie Gleason....

GET IT HERE

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THE TRAVELERS



Here are two 7 inches from The Travelers....


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Friday, August 8, 2014

HERMAN KELLY & LIFE - PERCUSSION EXPLOSION



Herman Kelly & Life were a late-1970s Latin modern soul/funk group based in Miami, Florida. Their most notable track, "Dance to the Drummer's Beat", was originally released in 1978 on numerous American and European labels with various mixes and time-lengths. Due to a typographical error, the title of the song was mislabeled as "Dance To The Drummer Beat" on both the Audio Latino and Electric Cat releases. Additionally, the track has appeared on various compilation releases including the heavily sampled breakbeat album entitled Ultimate Breaks and Beats popular among deejays and hip-hop artists. It was also sampled by N.W.A., Run DMC and Whodini....

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DEVI SRI KARUMARI AMMAN, PARUVAKAALAM, MURUGAN KAATIYA VAZHI, SREE KRISHNALEELA, GUMASTHAVIN MAGAL & ANNAI ABHIRUMI



Here's more music from India, some kick-ass music on this one but the sound quality is terrible at times....

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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

THE AMES BROTHERS WITH JUAN ESQUIVEL & ORCHESTRA - HELLO AMIGOS



Here's an album from the Ames Brothers with music by the great Esquivel and this albun came out in 1960....

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RASA - UNIVERSAL FORUM



Harikesa Swami, also known as Vishnupad (born Robert Campagnola), was one of the leading disciples of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and a guru within the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as 'the Hare Krishnas' or ISKCON).

Harikesa Swami has been producing music that bridges the gap between classical music from Western culture and Eastern Mantra since 1978. Harikesa Swami has produced more than 28 albums (under the group names of Rasa, BLISS, and Sri Hari)

This album came out in 1982 and was recorded in Sweden....


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Monday, August 4, 2014

ELLA FITZGERALD - ROMANCE



Romance was a Dutch magazine in the 50's and the 60's, they also put out a few records and this EP is one of them, excellent live recordings from the great Ella Fitzgerald singing The Lady Is A tramp, The Man I Love and How High The Moon....

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BILLY HOLIDAY - PLEASE TELL ME NOW / SOMEBODY'S ON MY MIND


Here's a 78 from the great Billy Holiday....

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Saturday, August 2, 2014