“Secrets of Successful Varmint Calling”  by Johnny Stewart  From 1957 out of Waco, Texas

(43 votes, average: 4.07 out of 5)

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Gay Feet Every Night featuring Baba Brooks and his band and Joe White and Chick   Dr. Bird Records  (1966)  A rare ska record from the UK

(40 votes, average: 3.68 out of 5)

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General Smilie and Papa Michigan  “Rub-A-Dub Style”   Studio One Records (Jamaica)  (1979)   The song flips the old Alton Ellis song “I’m Just A Guy” .

(47 votes, average: 3.85 out of 5)

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Art Blakey  Salute to Birdland  EmArcy Records EP (1954)  Buhaina the master, with  Bernard Griggs, Joe Gordon, Gigi Gryce and Walter Bishop!  Tracks are: Minority, Salute to Birdland,  Eleanor, Futurity 

(55 votes, average: 3.73 out of 5)

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Harry Carney with Strings (1954)  Clef Records  Arranged by Ralph Burns.  Cover illustration by David Stone Martin!  Carney on baritone and bass clarinet with fellow Duke Ellington sidemen including:  Ray Nance on trumpet and violin; Tony Miranda on French horn; Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet and tenor sax;  Leroy Lovett on piano; Billy Bauer on guitar;  Wendell Marshall on bass; and Louie Bellson on drums.  (You won’t find this album if you search for it by its original title.  That’s because its tracks have been folded into a Ben Webster CD called Music for Loving.  The last eight tracks on the second disc make up the Carney album.

(39 votes, average: 3.56 out of 5)

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“Ultimate Mash Up”   (Puerto Rico)  (1979)

(37 votes, average: 2.73 out of 5)

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Babouch’ Party  Zina Nahid  Columbia Records (France)

(38 votes, average: 3.39 out of 5)

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“El Compandre de … Penaranda”  Suave Records

(58 votes, average: 4.29 out of 5)

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“Contraste”  Lupita Cabrera  Peerless Records  (Mexico)

(41 votes, average: 3.46 out of 5)

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