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February, 2007

Patsy Cline on Decca

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Issued August 6, 1962

Cover Photo: Hal Buksbaum

Side 1:

1. She’s Got You

2. Heartaches

3. That’s My Desire

4. Your Cheatin’ Heart

5. Anytime

6. You Made Me Love You (I Didn’t Want To Do It)

Side 2:

1. Strange

2. You Belong To Me

3. You Were Only Fooling (While I Was Falling In Love)

4. Half As Much

5. I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You)

6. Lonely Street

Patsy Cline was the greatest female country music star in the world when she died tragically young in an airplane crash in 1963, a year after this — her third lp — was issued.

(25 votes, average: 4.08 out of 5)

The fifth Beatle

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(16 votes, average: 1.56 out of 5)

Slow dance

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(6 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)

Cri, Cri, Baby

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This is a nice Mexican lp cover with a sweet children’s illustration. (It also includes a stereotypically racist, watermelon-eating, barefooted black boy!) The music and stories are by Cri Cri (born Francisco Gabilondo Soler in MÃ ©xico).

Cri Cri (means Cricket) songs are about animals, trains and children. Each song has a different musical style (tango, fox-trot, danzon, etc.) and have been children’s favorites since Soler began composing these pieces for the radio in the 30’s.

(8 votes, average: 3.63 out of 5)

Mama Mexicana

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Japan Victor 10″

(31 votes, average: 3.71 out of 5)

Coneheads

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Weird Brazilian Carnival record from Rio de Janeiro!   Like a fun loving KKK.

(7 votes, average: 1.71 out of 5)

Warne Marsh on Atlantic

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Warne Marsh is one of my favorite sax players.   He’s not the most famous, but I love his tone and playing.   This is a nice record.   Also check out his “Winds of Marsh” on Imperial.   Cover portrait photo of Warne Marsh by Lee Friedlander one of the greatest photographers of jazz musicians.   Cover design: Marvin Israel.

57-1212 WARNE MARSH QUARTET.

‘Atlantic Studios’, NYC, December 12, 1957.

Warne Marsh, ts; Ronnie Ball, p; Paul Chambers, b; Philly Joe Jones, d.

TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT 2871 3:46

IT’S ALL RIGHT WITH ME 2872 8:15

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58-0116 WARNE MARSH TRIO.

NYC, January 16, 1958.

Warne Marsh, ts; Paul Chambers, b; Paul Motian, d.

YARDBIRD SUITE 2908 4:59

MY MELANCHOLY BABY 2909 6:51

EXCERPT 3:31

JUST SQUEEZE ME 2911 6:36Supervision: Lennie Tristano

(14 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)

Brazilian coffee

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(9 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)

Type cast

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(13 votes, average: 4.31 out of 5)

Doubling down

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(7 votes, average: 4.14 out of 5)