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Have a chitty day

W.M. Abraham Restum  (takes off on) “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang”  Audio Fidelity Records  Arranged and conducted by Jimmy Haskell.   (1968)

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Soft and lovely

“Soft Latin Touch”  Moody Night  Crown Records (Japan) (1961)

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Can’t you hear my heartbeat?

“Through Sick and Sin”  Faye DeWitt  Epic Records (1961)

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Ants, Beatles, Crickets … Termites

“Do the Rock Steady”  Presenting The Termites  Studio One Records (Jamaica) (1967)   Featuring Lloyd Parks and Wentworth Vernal   Produced by Coxone Dodd   This is a compilation of their singles including their one hit “Have Mercy Mr. Percy” – a plea to their landlord.

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Divorce Italian style

“Terroni e Polentoni Divorciano”  Franco Trincale  Fonola Records (Italy)  (We need a little help describing this one.  Anyone?)

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Finger food

“Something’s Cookin’ ”  The fired up Howard Roberts Quartet with Brass  Capitol Records (1965)  Cover illustration by Virgil Partch (signed VIP).  Bluesette (Thielmann-Gimbel), Hard Day’s Night (Lennon-McCartney), The Lonesome Cowboy (Sheldon-Marshall), Frankie And What’s His Name (Marshall-H. Roberts), Blues In The Night (Arlen-Mercer), Cute (Hefti), In A Mellow Tune (Ellington), Charade (Mancini-Mercer), Maniac (Rogers), Recado Bossa Nova (Antonio-Ferreira), Somethin’s Cookin’ (H. Roberts), People (Styne-Merrill).  With Charles Kynard – Organ, Chuck Berghofer – Bass, Earl Palmer- Drums, John Audino, Al Porcino, Jack Sheldon, Ray Triscari, Bob Bryant, Shorty Rogers – Trumpets, Bob Enevoldsen, Frank Rosolino, Ken Shroyer, Gilbert Falco – Trombones, Vic Feldman – Percussion.

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Sandman

Jacques Helian  Festival Records (France)

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Collared green

Verde Canibal  Pepe Castillo y su Orquesta  Musart Records

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Before there was a Sgt. Pepper …

Captain Gleason’s Garden Band  Capitol Records  (1954)  “The Band Played On” / “In the Good Old Summer Time”  Jackie Gleason does it in the style of a Fairground band

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Redniks

DOSTAVNIK on Supraphon Records (Czechoslovakia).  A compilation of country music.

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