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Bop art

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Charlie “Bird” Parker (Dial 202)   From Vintage Vanguard — an amazing source of jazz album photos and information.

Three 10″ LP’s were issued in 1949- “Charlie Parker Quintet” vols 1, 2, and 3. (Dial LP’s 201, 202 and 203). Dial also released “Charlie Parker Sextet” (207) in 1950.

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The classic boater

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Sambas Da Saudade.

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Dr. Shock

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Dr. Shock was magician Joseph Zawislak who created the persona based on Roland, (with John Zacherle’s permission), and hit the Philadelphia airwaves on WPHL-TV (Channel 17) in 1969. His first Saturday afternoon horror show lasted only 13 weeks, but protests brought him back and a cult had begun. He was on three different shows during his reign: Scream-In, Mad Theater and Horror Theater. American Artists Entertainment represented Dr.Shock in the seventies and recorded him on “East Coast Records”.   His sign-off each week was “Let there be fright!”.   Joe Zawislak died of heart failure at the age of 42.   Many cities in America has these local tv show monster hosts.   In Cleveland we had “The Ghoul.”

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The village Voz

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The Voice of Onilda Figueiredo.   From a cool site called Bossa-Brasileira.

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Squawk this way

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Frankie Ford “You Talk Too Much” (Courtesy of Uncle Gil)

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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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Night winds

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I’m all about the Brazilian records lately.   Here’s another old one from a site called Bossa-Brazileria

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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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It was a graveyard smash

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“At the Monster Ball”   The Vampires   United Artists (1964).   Compositions by Milton DeLugg. Read about and find downloads here at Scarstuff

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Samba sushi

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Another nice one from Sabadabada.

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