Cool David Stone Martin on Norgran.   Johnny Hodges “Dance Bash” (1952) Supervised by Norman Granz.

(34 votes, average: 4.62 out of 5)

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Dick Smart “Smart and Continental” Everest Records.

(Is this a Smart Car?)   No it’s actually a BMW called and “Isetta” available only in Germany.   (Thanks Gerd Brunzema!)

(6 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)

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“Dim the lights and play this record … if you dare!”

Tales of the Frightened (Volume 2) Told by Boris Karloff. Mercury Records. (1963)

Scarstuff is a site that let’s you download the stories.

(19 votes, average: 4.16 out of 5)

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Milt Hinton, Wendell Marshall and Bull Rather.   Released in 1955.

Songs: Prelude to a Kiss, Fump, I Hear a Rhapsody, Moon Over Miami (Arr: Al Cohn); How Blue Was My Bass, Tenderly, The Continental, Careless (Arr: Billy Byers); Begin the Beguine, Bull in a China Shop, I Poured My Heart Into a Song, Crazy She Calls Me (Arr: Manny Albam). Other performers include Al Cohn, Danny Banks, Billy Byers, Joe Newman, Barry Galbraith, Osie Johnson, Hal McKusick, Jimmy Nottingham, Gene De Novi, and Al Hall. Liner notes by Bill Zeitung.

(14 votes, average: 3.64 out of 5)

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“What a little gift” (Thanks Joe)

(26 votes, average: 4.08 out of 5)

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This is from another great site for Brazilian lp covers organized by label.   Check out Sabadadaba.

(24 votes, average: 3.42 out of 5)

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The album’s a real classic from Dexter’s first big “comeback” period (1961)– and represents the strength of his Blue Note years at their best! (This is his second on the label.)   Gordon’s rich, full tone isn’t diminished a bit here — and his inventive blowing is given free reign on a set of quartet numbers recorded with Kenny Drew, Paul Chambers, and Philly Joe Jones. The album’s got a few strong originals from Gordon including pieces from Gordon’s score for the Los Angeles production of “The Connection,” “Soul Sister”, “Ernie’s Tune”, and “I Want More — plus the very sweet Kenny Drew tracks “Modal Mood” and “Clear The Dex” and the standards “The End Of A Love Affair” and “Smile” (written by Charlie Chaplin!). This album and the session that produced “Doin’ Alright” were held just days apart while Gordon was visiting stateside after becoming an expatriate in Europe.

This has all the pedigree and credentials of the landmark hard bop recording it is, including Blue Note owner Alfred Lion producing; partner Francis Wolf‘s cover photo; Rudy Van Gelder engineering; and Leonard Feather liner notes.

(38 votes, average: 4.37 out of 5)

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