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A mis-printed sleeve for this French German Vogue single of Dionne Warwick’s big hit – “WALK on By”.
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Billy Taylor recorded a dozen original compositions with bassist Henry Grimes and drummer Ray Mosca for SESAC Repertory during this 1960 session. Highlights include “Warming Up,” “Native Dancer,” “Uncle Fuzzy,” and the dreamy ballad “Afterthoughts.” Look for the 1993 Fresh Sound CD reissue called “Custom Taylored”
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“Yo-yo, Ye-ye” b/w “Bum-Ban-Ban-Ban” Kinita on Philips Records (Spain) (1969) “No one can be a ye-yé without playing with a yo-yo. The yo-yo of the ye-yés, the ye-yés of the yo-yos,” While real fame eluded her, this song, Kinita’s final single, was a hit. Then like the yo-yo itself, she went out of fashion and slipped quietly back into obscurity. Attempts to find the singer have failed and she remains a mystery. The B-side is “Bum ban Ban ban,” a version of British singer Lulu’s, Boom Bang-a-bang,” Kinita also achieved some notoriety for her numerous and complicated hairdos, earning herself the nickname ‘the princess of lacquer’. She has a Tina Turner thing going on here I think.
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“A Caddy for Daddy” Hank Mobley A classic, timeless, quintessential mid-sixties cover from the oft-quoted Blue Note graphic designer Reid Miles. Here’s something as beautiful on the inside as on the outside. Hank Mobley, Lee Morgan, Curtis Fuller, Bob Crenshaw and Billy Higgins at the top of their form. Artists of the highest order creating in a world of their own. Turn someone on today. Here’s the swinging, rumprolling title cut: A Caddy For Daddy
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Chairwoman Jackson
“Rockin’ with Wanda!” Wanda Jackson Capitol Records
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Killing me softly
Quiet Kenny New Jazz Records (1959) Kenny Dorham, trumpet, vocals; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Paul Chambers, bass; Art Taylor, drums.
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Hot Rods by the W. Gimmicks Polydor Records (France)
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Latin Quartet A Saef Records EP (Spain)
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