Here’s a truely generic recording with a sweet little sleeve.  No artists credited just the following back note “A very fine performance by both Musicians and Singing Artists, a very stimulating record”  And one of the six covers is called “Alternate Title” ?   Avenue Records  London, England  (1967)   Nice lo-fi player too!

Claude Bolling Plays Duke Ellington  Fontana Records EP

“Ouah, ouah, ouah, ouah”  Errol Parker no. 3  Decca (France)

Johnny Christian “Calypso A La Mode  EMI Records

Jesse Owens and Anne Byrne with Seamus Gallagher  Waverly/EMI Records  (Courtesy of long-time LP cover lover, Way Back Now! Let’s Go)

Bob Morrison “Santa Mouse”  c/w “It Is Christmas”  Columbia (1966)  (Note: Here’s a third listing from the same year)

“Gorilla in the Garden” (and Bryon Melcher)  Replica Records

“New Tricks…”  Bing Crosby with Buddy Cole and His Trio  Decca Records

“Go Ape with The Knockouts” on Tribute Records.  A Jersey group lead by singer Bob D’Adrea, who went on to form a comedy duo called Andre and Cirell which still performs around the Jersey Shore.   A fan remembers: “My friends and I used to go to a place called Luciano’s on the East-bound side of Rte-46 in Lodi, NJ (commonly known back then as “sin strip.”). This was back in 1962-1964. The Knockouts were the featured group playing in what was a “Mafia” nightclub. It had its’ share of small and big-time mobsters with names like, Chokes, Jerry Chokes to be polite or I suppose, Mr. Chokes. Butcher, the Claw, Notch, John the Walk, Sali Burns and many others that I have long since forgotten. Their names were a representation of the specific service they performed. Many of these colorful characters had been deported from Manhattan to New Jersey for reasons of their health.  Luciano’s (mysteriously) burned down in the 1970’s. “

“Clubs in those days were different from today’s. You couldn’t get in without a suit and tie. We use to sit at the bar and engage in our two favorite sports. Drinking 7&7’s or CC & water and trying to score with the babes. You had to be very careful on the last item. If you got too friendly with a “wise-guy’s” main squeeze it could prove painful.

Of course, the Knockout’s biggest hit was “Darling Lorraine”. However a favorite they performed at every gig was an Elvis Presley tune called: “I don’t have a wooden heart”.