Jonah Jones   “I Dig Chicks!” Capitol Records     This one is in the Hall of Fame.   I’ve had this record since I was a kid.     I would sit on the floor listening with the cover on my lap dreaming of getting a job as a construction crane operator some day.   Incidentally, this album won the Grammy for best Jazz Group Performance of 1958.   (Seems hard to believe considering the amazing jazz that was being recorded that year by Miles, Monk, Mingus, etc., etc.!)

(102 votes, average: 4.47 out of 5)

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“Dance, Oh Pretty Woman”   The Hipster Singers   Gala Des Varietes Records   (France)     A great exploito pop comp from mid-sixties France.     The cigs and plastic on the floor, the sleeping pup, the bare stocking feet …

(51 votes, average: 3.92 out of 5)

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Modern Sounds:   Sweden   Lars Gullin Quartet and Quintet   Contemporary Records   (Available now on eBay from Otis Records)

(45 votes, average: 3.62 out of 5)

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“I’d Rather Fight Than Swish”   Camp Records

(47 votes, average: 3.40 out of 5)

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The Mating Urge   Original Soundtrack composed and conducted by Stanley Wilson (1959)

(64 votes, average: 3.70 out of 5)

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Space Age Santa Claus by Ross Christman with Patty Marie Joy and the Hal Bradley Orchestra   Delhi Records

(60 votes, average: 4.22 out of 5)

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“Hans en Grietje” – a 7″ record and book from Amsterdam.   This is the flexi disc cover.   The 10-page book has a spindle hole though every page.   Sweet old school fairy tale illustration.

(32 votes, average: 3.03 out of 5)

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“The Story of Fire”   AGOO – The Hunter     A Listen and Learn Record       (1964)   Tells the history and story of man’s first use of fire and teaches the child the safety rules to prevent fire, and not to play with matches, etc.

(35 votes, average: 2.77 out of 5)

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“JET SCRAMBLE”   Sounds of an Air Defence Command Mission   (from General Electric)   “Dedicated to America’s Defense”   Recorded by Emory Cook (The Cook label produced many sound effect and documentary records)

(37 votes, average: 2.51 out of 5)

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Miles Davis   Vogue Records EP   from England   (Blue Note recordings)

(48 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)

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