“I Get Around”   TeeVee Records   Released in 1978, this is actually a cheesey, exploito compilation of early 1960’s AM hits from the first wave of skate boarding (or “sidewalk surfing” as they used to say).   Willie & The Wheels “Skateboard Craze” is probably the most curious thing on this album: It’s a complete rip-off of the Beach Boys’ “Surfin’ U.S.A.” (which is itself a ripoff of Chuck Berry’s “Sweet Little Sixteen”), but with lyrics about the joys of skateboarding.   Listen Up:   “Skateboard Craze” Check out the glossary terms!   Priceless.   (Courtesy of lp cover lover, Kilwag at SkateAndAnnoy.com)

(38 votes, average: 3.05 out of 5)

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“Carrera Al Exito”   Orq. Guantanamera   Dir. Rolando Candia

(16 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)

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“Os Brotos Comandam” Clemar de Oliveira e su Orquestra   MusiColor Records (Brazil)

(42 votes, average: 3.79 out of 5)

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Here’s a cool one courtesy of Lp cover lover Wolf-Rdiger Sommer.   Jimmy Bryant, guitar virtuoso.   “The Fastest Guitar in the Country”   Imperial Records

(63 votes, average: 3.83 out of 5)

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Here’s a neat one.   “Buying a Car Ukrainian Style”   Featuring Nester Shydolowsky and the Royal Polka Kings.   On V Records.   Found at the always fun and informative Learning to Share (via another cool site called RetroSpace)

(90 votes, average: 4.37 out of 5)

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Bomben-Schlager ’68   Tempo Records

(45 votes, average: 4.16 out of 5)

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Linda Lou and the Three For All.   Check out “Little” Linda Lou – her hair equals 1/6 of her overall height!

(51 votes, average: 2.82 out of 5)

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“On the Road with Rock ‘n Roll”   Golden Crest Records (1957)     Before Richie Valens, Mando and the Chili Peppers were perhaps the first Mexican-American rock & roll group.   This is their only LP, though they continued to play around their home town of San Antonio into the Sixties.     Their sound was a mix of New Orleans R&B and rock and roll.   In 2004, after nearly 40 years and out of nowhere, the band played at the Ponderosa Stomp Music Festival in New Orleans.

(39 votes, average: 3.13 out of 5)

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The Cecil Taylor Quintet with John Coltrane, Kenny Dorham, Steve Lacy, Chuck Israels and Louis Hayes.   United Artists   (1958)   Reissued In 1964 as “Coltrane Time.”   Includes “Double Clutching” (Chuck Israels), “Like Someone In Love” (Van Heusen/Burke),   “Shifting Down” (Kenny Dorham), “Just Friends” (Klenner/Lewis).

(47 votes, average: 3.49 out of 5)

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