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May, 2016

You spin me round

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Johnny Preston  “Leave My Kitten Alone” and others  Philips Records  (France)  (1961)   I like the Beatles and Little Willie John versionsSo, but here’s Johnny!

(23 votes, average: 3.78 out of 5)

For El vee fans only

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“Listen and Laugh No. 2”  Featuring “El Vee”   A Night at the Beverly Hills Club with Larry Vincent  Pearl Records (Kentucky)  I think Larry Vincent also owned Pearl Records.  Most of his material was released on 78’s.  Mine is signed on the back.   (“El Vee” = Larrry Vincent!)

(24 votes, average: 3.83 out of 5)

I like it like that

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Victor Santos  Rapsodia Records (Portugal)

(37 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

Going in circles

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Volumes One and Two of “Golden Hits for Dancing”  by Joe Ment’s Happy Sound   (Australia)  (1967)

(25 votes, average: 3.40 out of 5)

Bollywood swingin’

Raga Mod Fuzz Organ Sitar Tabla!  “Film Hits on Hawaiin Guitar” by Batuk Nandy   Polydor Records (India) (1980)  Sample

(19 votes, average: 3.37 out of 5)

Who’s first?

Lucio Alves   “Serestas”  Brazil  (1957)  Here’s a link to additional notes and to download the music.

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(20 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)

Make mine a double

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Don Diego  “Musique a Go-Go et Whisky en Duo”  Vogue Records (France)

(20 votes, average: 3.65 out of 5)

Sinner man

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“Cigarettes and Whiskey”   Jean Roderes.  Festival Records (Belgium)

(22 votes, average: 3.27 out of 5)

Primitive cool

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“Porgy and Bess”  Oscar Peterson Trio  Verve Records  (Sweden)

(29 votes, average: 3.72 out of 5)

Hooked on a feline

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Dancing Panther  “Cement Mixer-Twist”  Warner Bros. Records (1960)

(29 votes, average: 4.14 out of 5)