For the newly unemployed
“Music for Courage and Confidence” The Melachrino Strings RCA Victor
(44 votes, average: 3.18 out of 5)
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Pinky and Perky’s “Beat Party” Columbia/EMI Records
(72 votes, average: 3.81 out of 5) Loading ...Comet relief
“Flying High! With Salconi the Italian ‘Astro-Nut’ Vedettes Records
(21 votes, average: 3.19 out of 5) Loading ...Pump up the volume
“Hi Fi Fo Fum” Marty Gold and His Orchestra Vik Records 1958 Photo by Dave Hecht From back in the day when the guys in the art dept were allowed to have fun and were free to do the most crazy stuff they could think of. That’s the spirit we celebrate here!
(46 votes, average: 3.96 out of 5) Loading ...Wax on, wax off
A Blue Elephant compilation of ska and early reggae. “Whaaauw Ooooooohh”
(25 votes, average: 4.76 out of 5) Loading ...TV is the thing this year
67 Melody Lane Ken Griffin At The Wurlitzer Organ 18 Selections From The Ken Griffin TV Film Series “67 Melody Lane” Columbia Records, 1950s “What I find funny about this cover is that the star himself is the small BW figure shown on the TV set, not the guy in the large color pic. The album itself is (musically) unlistenable.” — lp cover lover, Nicholas West
(21 votes, average: 3.86 out of 5) Loading ...Roy “Little Jazz” Eldridge
Roy Eldridge “Collates” Mercury Records (Supervised by Norman Granz) Illustration by David Stone Martin.
Instead of other Collates series, this album is NOT a collection of Roy Eldridge’s previously-released 78rpm/45rpm single tracks, but two different sessions aimed for this LP album.
Roy Eldridge (tp) Buddy Tate (ts) Teddy Brannon (p) Clyde Lombardi (b) Charlie Smith (d) NYC, August, 1951
| 579-6 | Baby, What’s The Matter With You? |
| 580-6 | Yard Dog |
| 581-3 | Sweet Lorraine |
| 582-5 | Jumbo The Elephant |
Roy Eldridge (tp) George Williams (dir) unidentified orchestra NYC, December, 1951
| 644-6 | Basin Street Blues |
| 645-2 | I Remember Harlem |
| 646-4 | Easter Parade |
| 647-3 | I See Everybody’s Baby |
** also issued on Clef MGC 113
(58 votes, average: 4.40 out of 5) Loading ...Oil in the family
Na Voz de Agnaldo Rayol Copacabana Records Another example of the cover-on-the-cover in this oil painting of a family listening to their own, to-be-released, record. Check out the little girl – she’s got some attitude.
A random aside: He looks a little like Aristotle Onassis or the Shah of Iran.
(35 votes, average: 3.83 out of 5) Loading ...Rad to the bone
“I Get Around” TeeVee Records Released in 1978, this is actually a cheesey, exploito compilation of early 1960’s AM hits from the first wave of skate boarding (or “sidewalk surfing” as they used to say). Willie & The Wheels “Skateboard Craze” is probably the most curious thing on this album: It’s a complete rip-off of the Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ U.S.A.” (which is itself a ripoff of Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen”), but with lyrics about the joys of skateboarding. Listen Up: “Skateboard Craze” Check out the glossary terms! Priceless. (Courtesy of lp cover lover, Kilwag at SkateAndAnnoy.com)
(38 votes, average: 3.05 out of 5) Loading ...Animal cruelty
Volume 3 from the “Fingerless Fiddler” Roy Thackerson
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