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June, 2015

BAM! ……………….. BAM!

MDS00401

“Cartoons in Stereo”  Comedy Strips with Sound Effects!  Audio Fidelity Records   Cover Drawing by Ted Schaap.  Effects by Bob Prescott.  Voice by Cy Harrice.

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“Play this one!”

MDS00400

I picked this up in London a few weeks ago.  A nice little EP with a photo I’d never seen.  Here’s Coleman Hawkins in 1955 on Vogue Records (UK).    (A1) It’s Only A Paper Moon;  (A2) I Surrender Dear;  (B1) Bah-U-Bah  (B2) Sophisticated Lady

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Creepin’ ‘n’ peepin’

MDS00410

“La Hora de la Salsa”  Radiodifusora Venezuela  Fania Records  Wow!  Peep this cool cover from Venezuela with cuts by Ralph Robles, Louie Ramirez, Pacheco and Ray Barretto among other latin stars!

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Ornette was the answer

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R.I.P. Ornette

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RIP designer Paul Bacon

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The Other Side of Benny Golson  Riverside Records  Design by Paul Bacon.

Paul Bacon OBIT.

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4 on the floor

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Top 4 , No. 8   Various Artists   Columbia Records (Denmark)  1960   Featuring Big Ben Banjo Band: Marina;  The Avons:  Seven Little Girls Sitting in the Back Seat;  Bill Forbes:  Too Young;  Edie Calvert:  Jealousy

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