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Ska’s the limit
“Space Flight” Carlos Malcolm and His Afro-Jamaican Rhythms (“The Sound of the Soil”) Carlos plays Trombone and (little did I know til just now) wrote most of the incidental music to the James Bond movie “Dr. No” He had a big mid-sixties hit with his version of the “Bonanza” TV Theme called…”Bonanza Ska” I like his song “No Jestering” a hit in 1974. And who can forget his other million seller, “Fattie Bum Bum”.
Hands touching hands
“US” A self-help album for married couples from the “Family Enrichment Bureau”. Lectures by author (“The Male Mystique”) and Bureau Director Urban Steinmetz
Side 1: “Married Life” ( Marriage has five stages. The honeymoon stage; disillusionment; misery; the time of awakening; and the time of love.)
Side 2: “The Many Meanings of Sexual Intercourse” (“Sex is never the problem in a marriage. It’s just the experience where all our other problems seem to come into focus.”)
King of the conga
“Acid” Ray Barretto Fania Records (1968) A classic. A well-know dance floor firestarter, but also a great cover worthy of another look. Features “Acid”, “Teacher of Love”, “Mercy, Mercy, Baby”, “Soul Drummers”, “A Deeper Shade of Soul” – the whole LP is an afro-latin, soul, funk and boogaloo fusion that makes you wanna move your feet. “Have you heard them cooking / The Soul Drummers / well they play so cool / Soul Drummers / so hard to resist / Soul Drummers / with the African twist.” A jewel in the amazing Fania catalog. Drop “Acid” at your next party and see what happens.



















