Skull Snaps    GSF Records.  A legendary soul/funk original from 1973, rediscovered and sampled by dj’s and rappers in the early 90’s. Titles include the monster break track “It’s A New Day”, the uptempo groover “Trespassing”, and the righteous funky soul cut “I’m Your Pimp”!  Other titles include “My Hang Up Is You”, “Having You Around”, “I’m Falling Out Of Love”, and “All Of A Sudden”.  The familiar opening drum pattern of It’s A New Day can be heard in songs by Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Das EFX, Eric B. & Rakim, Digable Planets, DJ Shadow, Rob Dougan and The Prodigy.  The group was originally known as the Diplomats, which released numerous singles between 1963 and 1970. ”  If you’re a dj, you’ve gotta have the Skull Snaps in your collection.

(44 votes, average: 2.57 out of 5)

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“Wein, Women & Song”   George Wein Sings   Atlantic Records     (Personal note:   I went to Miles Davis’s 60th birthday with George Wein and his wife Joyce at the boat house in Central Park.   Miles handed each guest a slice of his cake. My friend Scott, who wrote a book with Miles, was there too!)

(53 votes, average: 4.28 out of 5)

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The “Pres” and the “Bean”   (Lester Young and Coleman Hawkins)   Savoy Records   Burt Goldblatt cover art.  Mid-twentieth century jazz and it’s culture coined colorful slang and dubbed it’s players affectionate, funny nicknames such as “Bird”, “Hawk”, “Bags”, “Count”, “Pops”, “Duke”, “Lady   Day”, “Dex”, “Dizzy”, “”Toots”, “Fatha”, “Cannonball”, “Cootie”, Monk”, “Sassy”……

(47 votes, average: 3.94 out of 5)

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Johnny Otis   “Telephone Baby” Capitol Records

(51 votes, average: 4.12 out of 5)

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“Surprise Party”   “Calling All Dancers!”   Philips Records

(45 votes, average: 3.78 out of 5)

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(Any information is welcome here!   Thanks)

(84 votes, average: 4.12 out of 5)

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Bobby Dylan   “Mixed Up Confusion” / “Corrina, Corrina”   CBS Records   (1966)   Produced by John Hammond   I think that this was originally recorded and released by Columbia in 1962.   Too many variations of Dylan releases to comprehend.   Nice cover photo though.   And the songs… well they hold up just fine!

(62 votes, average: 3.39 out of 5)

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Jose Angel “Madre Soy Cristiano Homosexual” (“Mom, I am a Christian Homosexual”)

(60 votes, average: 3.13 out of 5)

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