Hebrew nationals
For Young Ears A compilation of pop from Israel circa 1970. A recent pick from DJ Sheila B on her WFMU radio show “Sophisticated Boom Boom” (Listen here and every Friday from 3 – 6PM)
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(29 votes, average: 3.93 out of 5) Loading ...Burt offering
“Great Scott” The Bobby Scott Trio featuring Whitey Mitchell, bass and Bill Bradley, drums Bethlehem Records (1954) Design and illustration (in the style of David Stone Martin) by the legendary Burt Goldblatt. Liner notes by the great Ira Gitler ,(whom I’ve had the pleasure to meet and spend time with over the past 25 years). I love that after looking at records for more than 40 years (daily), that I can still find one like this that I’ve never seen!
(27 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5) Loading ...RIP designer Paul Bacon
The Other Side of Benny Golson Riverside Records Design by Paul Bacon.
(34 votes, average: 3.88 out of 5) Loading ...Left of the dial
Silhouette Segments compiles radio spots by John Rydgren, the head of the American Lutheran Church . His radio show, “Silhouettes”, was the voice of hippies for God before anyone ever heard the word, “Jesus freak”. His psychedelic Christian Dj patter, in the style of Ken Nordine, is backed by fuzzy guitars and Summer Of Love grooves. A heady mix of peace, love, sex & Jesus. This and 100 other rare and unusual records from the LP Cover Lover archives are being put up for auction on eBay beginning on Monday, April 13th!
(28 votes, average: 3.79 out of 5) Loading ...Subterranean haikus
Guy Wernham “Contributions to the Delinquency of Minor Poetry” Private pressing on red vinyl Little is known about Guy apart from his work translating French literature. This is a one-of-a-kind, collector’s record of poetry in the beatnik style. This and 100 other rare and unusual records from the LP Cover Lover archives are being put up for auction on eBay beginning on Monday, April 13th!
(28 votes, average: 3.57 out of 5) Loading ...I dream of Gigi
“Music For That Wild Party” Esquire Records (UK release of “Art Farmer Quintet” Prestige 7017) Art Farmer (t) Gigi Gryce (as) Duke Jordan (p) Addison Farmer (b) Philly Joe Jones (d) recorded Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 21, 1955 Cover art by Disley.
(48 votes, average: 3.92 out of 5) Loading ...Ain’t I’m a dog!
“Prairie Dog” Duke Pearson with an octet featuing drummer Mickey Roker; Harold Vick on soprano; James Spaulding on flute and alto; bassist Bob Cranshaw; trumpeter Johnny Coles; tenor George Coleman; guitarist Gene Bertoncini; and Pearson on piano and celeste. Atlantic Records (1966) This is as fine as any date Pearson released for Atlantic, and grooves all the way through.
(40 votes, average: 3.90 out of 5) Loading ...Dusty’s grooves
DUSTY Springfield Born today in 1939 (Died in 1999) “Where Am I Going” Philips Records (UK) Dusty’s third LP from 1967.
(42 votes, average: 4.10 out of 5) Loading ...Be sure to wear flowers in your hair
Here is a 10″ LP from Romania, mid sixties with Margareta Pislaru. – via LP cover lover, Peter
(35 votes, average: 3.66 out of 5) Loading ...Hey big boy!
Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup Delmark Records “Look On Yonder’s Wall, Hand Me Down My Walking Cane” (1969). The human voice has rarely been as movingly rich as that of Arthur “Big Boy” Crudup nor has the human experience been so thoroughly mirrored as in the simple blues poetry of this big and gentle man from Mississippi. Some have commented that Crudup’s voice sounds similar to that of Elvis Presley but the truth is the other way around; Crudup wrote several of Presley’s hits and seems to have been an early Presley idol. – Delmark Records His last few gigs were with Bonnie Raitt. He passed away in 1974. You can see here in the design, the melding of blues legends into popular music and the youth culture of the sixties.
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