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“Way Out…Far”  The Lewis Sisters  Liberty Records. (1960)  Helen and Kaye went on to record as “the Singing School Teachers” and recorded and wrote for Motown Records!  Equally odd is this cover which is dark and creepy (in a peeping tom kinda way) on one hand and squeeky clean on the other.

“The Party Swings”  Anatomy of A Party.  On Nocturne Records.

A cool jazz compilation on UK Philips. “This is Jazz No. 1″ Early sixties.

After work and stopping by the local music store, Seelun checks out her new records.

What the hell is he blowing?

“Der Wecker Vom Dienst”  Gut Aufgelegt von und mit Hermann Haarmann.  Telefunken Records.

“The Sound of New York” A Music-Sound Portrait. (1959) Written by Kenyon Hopkins. Produced by Creed Taylor. ABC-Paramount’s Aristocrat Series. Kenyon Hopkins is already represented on Lp Cover Lover with his soundtracks “The Hustler” and “Baby Doll.”

Frank Rehak, Wayne Andre, Jimmy Cleveland, Frank Saracco (tb); Bill Hixon (b-tb); Phil Woods (as); Ray Beckenstein (as, bs, b-cl, f); Harold Feldman (as, oboe); Phil Bodner (eng hrn, f); Barry Galbraith, Mundel Lowe (g); Wendell Marshall (b); Osie Johnson, Phil Kraus, Joe Venuto (perc); The Geri Beitzel Singers (vcl); Rudolph Desco (voice); Keene Crockett (sound effects); Kenyon Hopkins (arr).

a. The Sound Of New York (Arrival) (Kenyon Hopkins) - 2:29
b. Manhattan(Rodgers/Hart) - 2:44
c. Taxi Ride (Kenyon Hopkins) - 2:09
d. Take The “A” Train (Subway) (Billy Strayhorn) - 2:50
e. Waterfront (Kenyon Hopkins) - 2:59
f. Penthouse Serenade (Cocktail Party) (Jason/Burton) - 2:34
g. East Side, West Side(Fifth Avenue Parade) - 2:08
h. Construction (Kenyon Hopkins) - 2:06
i. Chinatown, My Chinatown (Chinese New Year) (Jerome/Schwartz) - 2:22
j. Coney Island Visit (Kenyon Hopkins) - 3:16
k. Lullaby Of Broadway(Dubin/Warren) - 2:5
l. The Sound Of New York (Departure) (Kenyon Hopkins) - 1:36

On Damp Records!

“The Dance of the Pithecanthrope”  Gerard Calvi on the French Vogue label

* “Apeman,” The Kinks

Penaranda “La Inyeccion” on Fuentes Records.

A nice Italian picture sleeve with Marilyn Monroe.  Anyone know which film?

Tony has every Circus record ever.  Here’s “Circus Time Fun” on the fun Moppet Records label.  Musical Songs and Stories with the Tiny Town Orchestra!

The Hi-Lo’s “On Hand”  Starlite Records.  Cover by Frank Werber.

Louis Prima’s “Just a Gigolo” on his own Prima One label.   Of course with Sam Butera and the Witnesses.  This one’s from the early Seventies I’m sure.  Here’s a great clip of the song with Louis, his wife Keely Smith and the boys back in the late Fifties.

“Skid Row Sounds”  Songs and Stories from the Salvation Army.  1968.

“Bailando en el Espacio!”  Los 4 Planetas.  Microfon Records.

I’m at a loss of words!

“For Adults Only” Kent Records, 1969. This is actually a raunchy blues album by Johnny Otis and his son guitarist Shuggie “Inspiration Information” Otis, (thirteen at the time), and vocalist Delmar “Mighty Mouth” Evans under assumed names. The cover looks like R. Crumb, but I read somewhere that  Johnny Otis did it (?). This album was “Rated X” and sold in Adult Bookstores.

After “Signifyin’ Monkey,” (which also opens the classic Otis blues LP “Cold Shot”), “Snatch” continues with other examples of classic toasts “Poolshootin Monkey,” (here as “Signifyin Monkey part 2″) and “Hey, Shine” (a Bo Diddley beat with the melody of Otis’ own “Willie and the Hand Jive,) and “Stack a Lee”. “Dirty Dozens” (aka “Yass Yass Yass”) is a classic.

These old Folkways Records were very special to those in the New York City music scene that Dylan came upon circa 1962. He writes of meeting Cisco Houston at a party on Fifth Avenue down in the Village. Cisco was a compatriot of and fellow traveler with Woody Gutherie. The real deal. Dylan imagined getting a recording contract with Folkways — never dreamt of recording for Mitch Miller’s Columbia until John Hammond signed him. These Folkways covers are distinctive for their think, heavy cardboard covers. This one includes a nice line drawing by artist Ben Shahn. Shahn did numerous covers in the Fifties and early Sixties for various labels.

“Black Velvet Eyes”  Art and Dotty Todd on Dart Records.