“TWIST”   Maxim Saury   Pathe Records (France)

(27 votes, average: 3.15 out of 5)

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Gilles Sala

(23 votes, average: 2.52 out of 5)

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Luc Harvet et son Orgue   Vega Records (France)

(32 votes, average: 3.69 out of 5)

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Adel Valentine His Piano and Orchestra   Jolly Records EP (Volume 3)

(30 votes, average: 3.97 out of 5)

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More Echoes of Japan (1961)   (King Records Japan)   Tadaaki Misago And His Tokyo Cuban Boys   The Japanese are masters at recreating and imitating foreign art forms and cultures.   Formed in 1949, The Tokyo Cuban Boys were the first Japanese group to seriously play Latin music. They were all outstanding musicians with a tight brass section backed up by some funky percussion.   Here’s a taste of “Yagi Bushi” –

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(28 votes, average: 3.21 out of 5)

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Legendary DEEEP soul singer Otis Clay and “Trying To Live My Life Without You” on Hi Rccords.   Produced in Memphis by Willie Mitchell in 1972.   Here’s a great live version from Japan in 1978 as well.

Bob Seger brought this one back to the charts with his cover in 1981.   (Side note courtesy of Wikipedia:     Seger has claimed that he recorded the song to show how the Eagles stole the song’s melody in their song “The Long Run”. Seger highlights the similarities between the two songs in the arrangement of his version, in the bassline especially.)

I like the little white dog too.

(28 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

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“Music For Those Who Think Young”   Startime Records for Pepsi

(30 votes, average: 3.57 out of 5)

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“El Gato”   Zafiro Records (Spain)

(36 votes, average: 3.72 out of 5)

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“Music From a Millionaires’ Playground”   EMI Records

(45 votes, average: 3.93 out of 5)

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“Naga” (“Naked”) is rock opera album by the Polish band Niebiesko-Czarni (Blue-Blacks; English translation of the band’s name on this cover isn’t literal).     It was released in the People’s Republic of Poland in 1972 through Polskie Nagrania “Muza”.     (Thanks to LP cover lover Dadarin for the contribution)

(29 votes, average: 3.14 out of 5)

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