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Jazzy chef

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Cocinando Twist a la Mexicana  Kay Perez y su Grupo  Dimsa Records (Mexico)

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The Butcher Cover

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Grade “A” Dance Music with a Swing Beat   Jump blues from Joe Thomas b/w Al Sears  Audio Lab Records (1960)  Featuring “Raw Meat” (which is very rare indeed).

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Doggin’ around

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One-sided advertising record for the Oscar Mayer company with versions of the “I’d Love to Be an Oscar Meyer Weiner” jingle done in different styles from around the world.  “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!’  (1967) . Put out by the J. Walter Thompson agency.

Track Listing:

  • Tijuana – styled after the currently popular Tijuana sound. It uses the “mariachi” trumpet over a “rock” rhythm section. It’s a sing-a-long.
  • Dixie – Traditional Dixieland sound. A basic rhythm section and some strong brass in the front line. In true Dixie fashion, everyone tried to get in the last note.
  • Bossa Nova – The cool sound. A lush guitar against a bossa nova rhythm and a gal who really delivers a song.
  • Gary and the Hornets – A nationally known rock and roll group does it. And remember, these kids are 8, 13, and 14 years old.
  • Motown – Soul sound. There’s a Memphis bass pattern around the hand clapping that says rhythm’s the thing.
  • Country & Western – Nashville sound all the way. That means at least four guitars, a lot of echo, and some ah in the background.

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What’s cookin’?

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I picked this one up on Cuba street in Wellington, New Zealand a few weeks ago.  Howard Morrison Quartet “Pot-Pourri”  La Gloria Records (New Zealand)  Released in 1960.  The group did comedy and parodies as well as standards.

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Le grande fromage

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“Mais Oui!”  Let’s Dance With Tommy Kinsman and his Orchestra  Fontana Records (UK)  A dance record from 1961 with waltzes, foxtrots and such.  But what a cool cover!

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Whip it good

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Stirring the Cream  CREAM   Polydor Medium Records  (Holland)

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Right on the tip of my tongue

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Jean Richard  “Mesdames a vos Fourneaux”  Philips Records EP  (France)

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Korn

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Les Leopards   “Mais” / “Mal Palan”  Hit Parade Records  (France)

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Cool pops

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Tin Tan y Marcelo  “Por Eso Estamos Como Estamos”  Spanoramic Records

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Teutons of fun

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Paul Kuhn and his Orchestra  “Frankfurter Polka” b/w “Heidelberger Polka”   Columbia Records  (Germany)

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