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August, 2008

Almost flameless

Peter the Flameless Dragon and Other Dragon and Dinosaur Songs. The Rocking Horse Players and Orchestra.

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Gotta serve somebody

“Softee Man Blues” Doug Quattlebaum   Prestige put out the Bluesville label in the early sixties and recorded some of the best blues artists of the day.   The cover photos and art direction was great and included beautiful portraits of many blues legends.   This one is a-typical.   Some of the records were by little known, but authentic, old time blues men like this one by Doug “softee man” Quattlebaum.

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Love for sale

“Light Music”   By Ronnie Kemper   Diamond Records (“Tones That Sparkle”)

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Express yourself

“Amaneciendo en Carnaval Vol. 3”   Fuentes Records.

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Got cha

“Cha Cha Cha Mambos”   Los Latinos on MusicDisc.

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Juice it up!

“Juicy”   Willie Bobo.   Verve.   Another great one from 1967.   Includes the title tune and funky Latin soul/jazz covers of sixties hits including “Music to Watch Girls By,” “Knock On Wood,” “Ain’t to Proud to Beg,” “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy”.   Bobo played bongo, timbales, conga, and trap-drum and after stints with Machito, Mongo Santamaria, Perez Prado, Tito Puente, George Shearing, Cal Tjader and Herbie Mann helped pioneer the Boogaloo sound.

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Come blow your horn

Brazilian RCA Victor. Convite Para Dancar. Maurilio E Seu Pistao.

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Give it up

“Ya! Ya!”   The GREAT Lee Dorsey! on Fury Records (1961)   “Oh well I’m uh sitting here la la waiting for my ya, ya, uh huh”   Lee Dorsey opened for the Clash on their 1980 U.S. tour.   He passed away in 1986.   There are so many great soul and funk songs by Lee Dorsey.   He worked with Allen Toussaint on this, his first hit, and often including on his album “Yes, I Can” in 1970.   Always positive and funky.   His song “Everything I Do Gonna Be Funky” from 1969 is a DJ favorite.

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“Fiesta en Colombia”

Con la Orq. de Pacho Galan   Regis Label.   Beautiful illustration.

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Start me up

Baby’s First L.P. Record!! Remember yours?

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