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The kind you don’t take home to mother

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Brian, Keith, Charlie, Mick and Bill “Collector’s Only” (Decca 211035, Mono) (Courtesy of Rockalain)

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Bare bones

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“Sliding Easy” with the CURTIS FULLER SEXTET.   What an amazing line up:   LEE MORGAN. HANK MOBLEY. TOMMY FLANAGAN. PAUL CHAMBERS. ELVIN JONES.   Arrangements by:   BENNY GOLSON & GIGI GRYCE.     United Artists.   (1959)

  1. Down home
  2. C.T.A.
  3. When lights are low
  4. I wonder Where our love has gone
  5. Bongo bop
  6. Bit of heaven
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Station master

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The debut record of Curtis Fuller as a session leader, “New Trombone” (1957) with Red Kyner (Sonny Red), Hank Jones, Doug Watkins and Louis Hayes. Prestige. Cover design by Reid Miles. Liner notes by Ira Gitler. Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder.

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Stepping out of the shadows

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This is a really beautiful cover. The photo only begins to do it justice. The colors and tones of the actual record sleeve are stunning. Simple and elegant. Fifties.

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Rios grande

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A nice latin record “Que Pachanga..!” on Kristal. Ruben Rios y su Charanga.

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Finger lickin’ good

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The Lightning Fingers of Roy Clark (Capitol).   His first lp from 1962.

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Personality crisis

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Stray cats

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Alto tude

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Cannonball Takes Charge.   Riverside Records 12-303

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Brown, warm and beautiful

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The French Fontana label put out this really cool series of records – all with big titles and exclamation marks, big artist backdrops and sweet, cheesecake models up front.   Very sixties pop art like.   The music reissued here is all from great fifties sessions.

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