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March, 2009

Atlantic city

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Clyde McPhatter, Ruth Brown, Ray Charles and Lavern Baker.   Atlantic Records.

(72 votes, average: 4.31 out of 5)

Smile

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Crown Records Japan

(100 votes, average: 4.39 out of 5)

Good Buddys

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“The Buddy Holly Story”   Compare the U.K. Coral   (top) and U.S. Coral Records (bottom) releases.

(32 votes, average: 3.97 out of 5)

Windows to the soul

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Johnny Johnson & His Bandwagon   “Johnny Johnson Rides Again!”   EMI/Stateside   Northern Soul from the UK circa 1970.

(28 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)

Wanted man

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Johnny Ventura y su Combo “El Mamito” con el Hit!! “La Muerte de Martin”   (1974) Kubaney Records

(24 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)

Dream girls

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The Supremes Greatest Hits   Tamla Motown

(45 votes, average: 4.56 out of 5)

Letter perfect

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Thelonious Monk with Sonny Rollins and Frank Foster (1954)   Prestige 7053     Designed by the esteemed Reid Miles with Andy Warhol.   (Warhol’s mother actually supplied the hand-written script)   A lesson in graphic design.

(44 votes, average: 4.68 out of 5)

The Soul Sisters

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The Soul Sisters   “I Can’t Stand It”   Sue Records (1964)

(19 votes, average: 4.11 out of 5)

Ahh sew!

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(37 votes, average: 3.78 out of 5)

Cats and jammers

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Les Chats Sauvages   Pathe (French)

(47 votes, average: 4.13 out of 5)