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February 7th, 2010 in
Jazz, Soul, Superheroes by
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Richard “Groove” Holmes “Six Million Dollar Man” (1975) Flying Dutchman Records Arrangements by Oliver Nelson. 300 lps of funky organ jazz from the big man behind the B3!
One of Groove Holmes’ best albums of the 70s — thanks to some electric blacksploitation arrangements from the great Oliver Nelson! The format’s a bit tighter here than on some of Holmes’ Groove Merchant albums from the earlier part of the decade — an approach that’s almost like soundtrack scoring at times, but which allows Groove to stretch out a bit more on the solos, and take things way past the already-funky head arrangements penned by Nelson. Mike Wofford’s also on the record, throwing in some great electric piano and Arp in underneath Holmes’ own funky Hammond — and other players include Tom Scott, David T Walker, and Oscar Brashear — who all contribute nicely to the record. Titles include “Disc-o-Mite”, “Salsa de Alma”, “Dumpy Mama”, “Mama’s Groove”, “125th & 7th Ave”, and “Six Million Dollar Man”, the theme from the TV show! © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc.
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January 11th, 2010 in
Cartoons, Kiddies, Soundtracks, Superheroes by
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The Official Adventures of Flash Gordon Starring Buster Crabbe (Astonishing tales on the Planet Mongo!) Leo Records Not to be confused with Flesh Gordon the X-rated, 1974 remake.
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July 1st, 2009 in
Crazy Xians, Illustration, Incredibly Strange, Superheroes by
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Jesus and Superman!! Reverend Danny Nance.
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April 23rd, 2009 in
45 Picture Sleeves, Incredibly Strange, Superheroes, Wanted Records by
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You gotta hear these! Christopher Hart sings “Gipsy Man” with the St. Julian’s School Choir under the “leadership” of Maestro Cesar Batalha. RT Records (1981) Art: Maria Lucia / Photography: Lourenco (Portugal) Thanks to lp cover lover, Paolo Martins for writing “Christopher Hart rocks all you teens out of your closet with his fabulous double 45.”
Gipsy Man: Every kid dreams of freedom outdoors.
“I’m am the gayest Gipsy man that rides inside a caravan”
The “B” side: “Super Boy”
Super Boy: A song about British superpowers.
“I’m always so supreme when I have my daydream”
Paolo adds: Maestro César Batalha composed a lot of children music. He’s responsible for the theme of the band Onda Choc in the 90’s and several others. Onda Choc was a pre-teen cover band. Gipsy Man was also sung in Portuguese and its melody spread everywhere where emigrants with children went. A French friend of mine recalls the song in Portuguese as Little Gipsy Woman, not Man. I’m not sure where Christopher Hart came in, but he’s British and probably sang in St Julians School Choir. Maybe there was some effort to internationalize Maestro Cesar’s themes by bringing in some foreign singers.
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October 18th, 2008 in
45 Picture Sleeves, Superheroes by
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The Batmen “Batman” b/w “Tell Me Baby” CBS Records This band is from Germany. Here’s a neat website about records inspired by Batman.
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October 18th, 2008 in
Illustration, Jazz, Superheroes by
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Johnny “Hammond” Smith “The Stinger” Prestige Records (1965) Design/Pop Art: Don Schlitten. sDusty Groove says: A great little groover from Johnny Hammond Smith — and one of his rarest albums! The record may be rare because it’s got a strange cover that features a comic character that looks like the Green Lantern, and Prestige might have gotten nervous about copyright infringement. Johnny’s in great form on the Hammond, and his combo really cooks nicely — with Floyd Smith on guitar, Earl Edwards on tenor, and Houston Person sitting in for the version of the title cut. The set features a great version of Smith’s groover “Cleopatra & The African Knight”, plus “Benny’s Diggin”, “There Is No Greater Love”, “You Don’t Know What Love Is”, “The Stinger”, and “Brother John”.
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August 8th, 2008 in
Cartoons, Superheroes, TV by
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“The Mighty Hercules” Golden Records. A Trans-Lux Television Presentation, Produced by Adventure Cartoons for Television Inc., The Mighty Hercules followed the adventures of mythology’s son of Zeus. Hercules traveled with his companions Helena, Newton a centaur, Prince Dorian and Tewt a satyr. The main recurring villain was Daedalius, the evil wizard. Other villains included Wilhemine the Sea Witch as well as the Mask of Vulcan. The theme song was by Johnny Nash. It was on the air from 1963-1966.
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April 8th, 2008 in
Illustration, Outer Space and Rockets, Radio radio, Superheroes by
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Buck Rogers In the 25th Century. An Original Radio Broadcast. A George Garabedian Production.
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March 12th, 2008 in
Illustration, Jazz, Superheroes by
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Jazz vibist, Freddie McCoy “Spider Man” on Prestige (1966) Tracks are: Hav` Mercy; Yesterdays; The Girl from Ipanema; Spiderman; That`s all; Speak out, Deagan!
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