“Young Love and Music”   Paladium Records     A tableaux-vivant of teen fashion, passion and rock & roll from 1960’s BRAZIL!

(52 votes, average: 4.13 out of 5)

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We’re off to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival – we’ll be back next week (maybe)!

(42 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)

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“Tammy” Bell Records   (Via Ulf)

(45 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)

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Martin Ljung   “KanonKungen”   on Knappupp Records (Sweden)

(47 votes, average: 3.66 out of 5)

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Bonjour Allegresse   Les 4 Barbus   Philips Records (France)

(38 votes, average: 2.89 out of 5)

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“Talk Talk” (Turn On) The Music Machine   Original Sound Label (1966)

(53 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)

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Bell Records “Songs That Sold a Million Records”   Ain’t she sweet?

(57 votes, average: 4.21 out of 5)

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Another Westminster Gold Classical cover that makes you tilt your head and go “huh!?”     Dvorak Overtures by the Vienna State Opera Orchestra.

(59 votes, average: 3.54 out of 5)

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A prime example of David Stone Martin at his best!   “Groovin with Jacquet”   (1955) Illinois Jacquet and his Orchestra   Clef Records (MGC 676) Also issued on Verve MGV 8061 entitled “Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra“.

Harry “Sweets” Edison (tp) Illinois Jacquet (ts) Carl Perkins (p) Gerald Wiggins (org) Irving Ashby (g) Curtis Counce (b) Al Bartee (d)

Includes tasty standards like “Love is Here to Stay”; “East of the Sun”; “Stardust”; “Learnin’ the Blues”; and “Honeysuckle Rose.”

(50 votes, average: 4.06 out of 5)

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Brahms Complete Hungarian Dances   Robert Gerle, Violin   Westminster Gold Series Records   Westminster was the king of the wacky classical package – at times pairing “serious” music with food for no apparent reason.   (See our “classical” section for others from the label.)

(46 votes, average: 3.04 out of 5)

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