Everybody goes for Ska-lispo!
Count Owen “Come Let’s Go Ska-Lipso” (1964) Federal Records (Kingston, Jamaica)
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Bill Haley “Bikini Twist” DIMSA Records (Mexico)
(53 votes, average: 4.09 out of 5) Loading ...Ha-Cha-Cha!
Bobby Madera and His Orchestra “Look, I’m Doing the Cha-Cha! … *and the Merengue and the Mambo.” ABC Records Thanks to LP cover lover Viejoteca Chango (Viejoteca) who adds “Bobby Madera comes from Baltimore, Maryland where he began his musical career as a trumpet player. He was also composer, arranger and he joined the Latin band of Machito.”
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Helen Shapiro “Helen Hits Out!” Columbia/EMI Records (UK) Thanks to LP cover lover, Bryan Frasier for the sending this in!
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Rolf Harris Sings for Survival Columbia Records EMI (U.K.) (1966) Weird note: Harris recorded a version of the Divinyls “I Touch Myself” — accompanied only by his wobble board. (The MMM Breakfast Show – the recording was released in 2000).
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Music by the Four Fingers NVRC Records (China)
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“How To Housebreak Your Dog in Less Than One Week!” Colette Melville Listen to it here!
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Calling all collectors. Get out your cameras and show the world what you’re hiding in those shelves! Check this out from our friends at Dust & Grooves and Flea Market Funk! ENTER HERE I’m in!
Wax On Film: A Vinyl Photo Contest is an opportunity for vinyl collectors of all walks of life to showcase their true love for vinyl. It’s put together by Jamison Harvey of Flea Market Funk and Eilon Paz, of the acclaimed vinyl documentary photo site Dust & Grooves.
The mission of this photo contest is to help preserve vinyl heritage, as well as the artists that make it, just as our contestants do with their collections.
The mission of this photo contest is to help preserve vinyl heritage, as well as the artists that make it, just as our contestants do with their collections.
We want you to submit photos of your own vinyl collection!
We urge you to be creative with your photography. It could be a straight on shot, a collage, a digitally manipulated image, or any other creative art piece in the medium of photography.
Submissions will be judged by Jamison Harvey (DJ & creator of Flea Market Funk), Eilon Paz (Photographer & creator of Dust & Grooves), influential world famous DJ Rich Medina, Brian Ho (art director & creator of Dreams In Audio) and Brian Cross aka B+ (photographer & film maker from Mochilla). All finalists of the contest will be featured in articles on Flea Market Funk as well as Dust & Grooves.
Submission Rules:
* Submissions will be accepted until March 15th , 2012.
* Finalists will be announced no later than April 2nd, 2012.
* There is no limit to the number of images each artist may submit.
* Submission is open to all persons over the age of 18.
* Artwork should be submitted as a digital file.
* Maximum file size: 2MB
* File Format: JPEG
* Images should be saved at 72dpi
* Color Profile: sRGB
* Images should be no larger than 1400 pixels on their longest dimension.
* File names should consist of: Artist name_Artwork name_Sequence Number
* On the caption field please write your full name and a valid email address so we can contact you in case your submission wins.
* Finalists will be announced no later than April 2nd, 2012.
* There is no limit to the number of images each artist may submit.
* Submission is open to all persons over the age of 18.
* Artwork should be submitted as a digital file.
* Maximum file size: 2MB
* File Format: JPEG
* Images should be saved at 72dpi
* Color Profile: sRGB
* Images should be no larger than 1400 pixels on their longest dimension.
* File names should consist of: Artist name_Artwork name_Sequence Number
* On the caption field please write your full name and a valid email address so we can contact you in case your submission wins.
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The big playback
John Coltrane’s Blue Train on Blue Note Records. John Coltrane tenor saxophone; Paul Chambers — double bass; Kenny Drew — piano; Curtis Fuller — trombone; Philly Joe Jones — drums; Lee Morgan — trumpet Below, the Francis Wolff photo of JC listening to a take from the Blue Train Session, 09/15/57
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