Oswald D’Andrea et le 4 de Coeur   Polydor EP (France)

(34 votes, average: 3.38 out of 5)

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“Elsie’s Sportin’ House”   Montan Moreland, Roosevelt Myles & Janet Taylor     One of the rarest from the Laff Records catalog.   If you’re not familiar with Mantan Moreland here he is in a classic bit.

(86 votes, average: 2.97 out of 5)

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Keith Jarrett Trio   “Somewhere Before”   Vortex Records Recorded live in 1968 at Shelly’s Manne-Hole in Hollywood, CA. with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian.   Here’s a pretty take on Dylan’s “My Back Pages” :

Anybody know what city this is?   Looks like Pittsburgh to me.

(41 votes, average: 3.29 out of 5)

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“The Rites of Diablo”   Johnny Richards Orchestra with the Dave Lambert Singers   Esquire Records (UK)   Cool English cover variation on this classic US jazz exotica record from 1958.   Here’s that original:

Johnny Richards put together this lp after studying the rituals of the Bantu,the family of tribes which inhabits southern Africa. Intrigued by the rhythmic possibilities he composed the six part Rites of Diablo which has been described as a sort of Black Mass during which the participants vilify, insult and by every means possible degrade the gods of evil. Augmenting his regular orchestra with SEVEN percussionists, including Sabu Martinez ,Potato Valdez and Jose Mangual, brought in to to emulate the sounds of the authentic drums used in the genuine ritual, plus the eight voiced Dave Lambert Singers, Richards took over New York’s Webster Hall for four sessions in march and april 1958. The flaring excitement of the band ,the superlative solo work of men such as Gene Quill, Seldon Powell and Jimmy Cleveland and the meshing of the huge percussion section gives the music a unique quality.   This is another great example of jazz exotica which had been long deleted until recently when it was reissued as part of the wonderful Mosaic Select series. — this from a great site called Orgy In Rhythm

(53 votes, average: 3.83 out of 5)

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“6 Current Hits”   Gilmar International Records

(43 votes, average: 3.79 out of 5)

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Robert Clausse   Decca Records EP (France)

(33 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

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Betinho   “Twist Bossa Nova”   Copacabana Records (Brazil)

(47 votes, average: 3.60 out of 5)

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“The Testimony of a Giant”   Artists Records   Southland Baptist Temple, Peducah, Kentucky

“I would like to introduce to you, Donny Osm… no… MAX PALMER.   Max was born in the State of Mississippi in 1929.   His father and mother were of ordinary size.   He is 7 feet 8 inches tall, weighs 385 pounds and wears a size 21 shoe.   He has been a professional wrestler.   He wrestled under the name of Paul Bunyan.   Made two movies, “Invaders From Mars” and “Killer Ape”.   Max says he is not sensitive about his size.   ‘The Lord made me this way to serve Him.’   He was converted to Christ in Oklahoma City after an accident in the year of 1958.   Was baptized into the membership of a local Baptist Church.   Since that time, he has become a great witness and a testimony for the Lord Jesus Christ.   He loves the Lord with all his big old heart and serves Him faithfully wherever he goes.   He is in great demand in churches and various organizations to give his life story and testimony.   I am sure the desire of his heart, after you have heard his testimony on this record, that you would pass it on to someone else.   He is truly a “Giant” of a man both physically and spiritually.”

(47 votes, average: 3.17 out of 5)

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2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees The Hollies   “On A Carousel” b/w “All the World is Love”   Dischi Parlophon Records (Italy) (1967)

(39 votes, average: 2.95 out of 5)

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The Impressions “Keep On Pushing”   ABC-Paramount Records (1964)   Orchestra arranged by Johnny Pate.   This was the group’s third record and their best-selling one.   Truly a desert island disc – there was no one better than Curtis Mayfield and he’s at his best harmonizing with The Impressions Fred Cash and Sam Gooden.   This album alone produced some of the sweetest, most inspirational, most honest and heart-wrenching soul sounds ever, including “I’ve Been Trying” and “I Made a Mistake” and the hits “Keep On Pushing” “Amen” and “Talking ‘Bout My Baby”.

Wikipedia gives us some interesting side notes:   “Keep on Pushing” was used as the theme to Obama’s 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address when he endorsed John Kerry;   the car the guys are “pushing” on the cover is a Jaquar XKE; and a glimpse of this record is seen on the cover of Dylan’s “Bringing It All Back Home” (but that’s a whole other LP Cover Lover story)

(55 votes, average: 4.04 out of 5)

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