“The Jean-Clarke Mammorial (sic) Sonic Barbecue.” This was the first bootleg that I ever bought. And it’s a good one! Below is the back cover with Brian, Keith and Mick living up to their bad boy reputation and no doubt commenting on the West German tour dates recorded here (though Brian was long gone and Mick Taylor was in).
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“The Sensational Maytals” Recorded in 1965, shortly after their stint with Prince Buster, this record features a bigger, more polished sound than their earliest ska songs. The Ronnie Nasralla/Byron Lee produced LP is packed with ska hits from beginning to end. From rowdy ska hits like “It’s You” and “Fever” to deeply soulful ballads like “Daddy” and “It’s No Use” this album proves that the Maytals are indeed sensational. – Maytals.net
The band’s musical career was rudely interupted in late 1966 when founder and leader Toots Hibbert was arrested and imprisoned on drugs possession charges.
Following Hibbert’s release from jail towards the end of 1967, the band officially changed their name to Toots and the Maytals and began working with Chinese-Jamaican producer Leslie Kong, a collaboration which produced three classic albums and a string of hits throughout the late sixties and early seventies – “Do the Reggay”, a 1968 single widely credited with coining the word reggae, “Pressure Drop”, “54-46 was my number” and “Monkey Man”, the group’s first international hit in 1970 . The group was featured in one of reggae’s greatest breakthrough events – The Harder They Come, the 1972 film and soundtrack starring Jimmy Cliff, named as one of Vanity Fair’s Top 10 Best Soundtracks of all time.
Following Kong’s death in 1971, the group continued to record with Kong’s former sound engineer, Warwick Lyn; produced by Lyn and Chris Blackwell of Island Records, the group released three best-selling albums, and enjoyed international hits with Funky Kingston in 1973 and Reggae Got Soul in 1976.
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Before parts in “The King of Marvin Gardens,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest” and “The Shining” with Jack Nicholson and supporting roles in 1960’s and 70’s TV shows and blaxploitation movies, Benjamin “Scatman” Crothers sang and danced and wrote jazz and early R&B and Rock ‘n Roll. Here’s a cool low budget lp of his. Find a copy of his song “Keep That Coffee Hot” too!
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Frat rockers The Swingin’ Medallions and their frat party fave “Double Shot (of My Baby’s Love)”. Springsteen used to drop this into his encore medley at live shows. Nice slacks guys.
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The hits that made it happen baby! with Curtis Mayfield, Al Green, Four Tops, Billy Paul, James Brown, The O’Jays, Barbara Mason and the host with the most afro, Don Cornelious. This is one “bad” (as in “good”) comp – and it’s only $3.98! That’s right soul brothers and soul sisters, only $3.98! So don’t delay, order yours today! (On the “as seen on TV” label ADAM VII) (Correction: ADAM VIII)
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“A Christmas fantasy for children and those young in heart presented by 49th State Hawaii Record Co.” And the record is red vinyl!
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I love the recordings of Kerouac reading his works. He has a great voice and very cool, laid back style. Here’s a clip of him on the Tonight Show with Steve Allen on the piano.
Verve Records 1959. Cover photo of Kerouac by Robert Frank. Sleeve notes by Bill Randle. Kerouac reads extracts from “Old Angel Midnight”, “Desolation Angels”, “The Beginnings of Bop”, “Mexico City Blues”, “Neal And The Three Stooges”, “San Francisco Blues”, “The Subterraneans” and more. Unlike Jack’s previous two lps this one is him solo. Without Steve Allen on the piano or Zoot Sims on sax.
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Edgar Allan Poe keeps you up at night.
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James Last Band. “Instrumentals Forever” (Suggested by Kerstan Reineke).
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