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“You Be A Disc Jockey”   Cameo Records   “Commercials – Interviews – Jingles – Weather Report – Time Check – Script”     U B A DJ!   Learn how to put the record on!   Drop the needle!   Use the mic!

(And you’ll hear the truth behind the secret world of real-life, pay-to-play DJs!     Here’s your chance to make extra money, coke, gifts, tickets, and hookers from record promoters peddling their sides.)

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Check the label

Renato de Oliveira e sua Orquestra Copacabana Hi-Fi

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At the hop

Bailable   “Odeon Mercury”   Odeon Records

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Best price – hands down!

“El Mas Aplaudido”   Disc Jockey Records

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Shaw sounds good

“P.S. – Tony Pastor Plays and Sings Shaw”   Tony Pastor and his Orchestra   Everest Records.   What did Tony do with all his LP Covers?!

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The girl next door

12 Top Hits

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Polish wax

Bernie Witkowski & His Orchestra at the Belmont Ballroom, Garfield, New Jersey   “12 Polka Figure Dances”   Stella Records.

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House music

“Encontro Musical”   Telefunken

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Playing it cool

“I Love Music”   Preview of January Albums from Capitol Records.     A DJ sampler compilation from 1958.

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At home with Billy Taylor

Billy Taylor “Cross Section”   Prestige Records. (1954)   Check out the nice old tube amp.

Eight songs with his trio of 1954 (which included bassist Earl May and drummer Percy Brice); the four originals (which alternate with standards) were all dedicated to disc jockeys of the time.   The remaining four numbers match Taylor and May with what was dubbed “Machito’s Rhythm Section”: Charlie Smith on conga, Joe Mangual on bongos, Uba Nieto playing timbales and Machito himself on maracas.     Another Rudy Van Gelder session.   Ira Gitler handles the liner notes.

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