A “concept” album for:   Swingers, flingers and ring-a-ding-dingers.   Losers, choosers and credit card boozers.   Psychotics, neurotics and whacked out erotics.   Mismates, blind dates and turned on roomates.

“Music for RAT FINK Lovers”   Jackie Kannon Rat Fink Records (1964) A new musical experience in social decadence.   Copyright by Cockamamie Enterprises     When to Play This Album:   When she says “Yes”   When she says “No   When your wife is out of town …

(59 votes, average: 3.73 out of 5)

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Randy Weston Trio with Cecil Payne   “With These Hands…”   Riverside Records   (1956)   Standards from Downbeat’s 1955 New Star Pianist including “I Can’t Get Started”, “The Man I Love”, “These Foolish Things” and “This Can’t Be Love”.   Also includes his original “Little Niles,” the title of his 1958 LP and a song associated with Weston throughout his long career.   Randy Weston, Piano; Cecil Payne, Baritone Sax;   Ahmed-Abdul Malik, Bass; Wilbert G.T. Hogan, Drums.

Bill Grauer, Producer;   Orrin Keepnews, Producer, Liner Notes;   Rudy Van Gelder Engineer; Hank Parker, Photography.

(48 votes, average: 3.40 out of 5)

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A double-sided Hopalong Cassidy ep – “The Story of Topper”   and “Hoppy’s Happy Birthday”   Starring William Boyd.     Bozo Approved Capitol Records.   Nice old-timey children’s illustrations here.   This looks like an early 50’s release to me.   Hopalong was before my time.   Neal Cassady was more my speed.   But that’s a whole other kinda “hopped up”.

(46 votes, average: 3.17 out of 5)

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Jimmy Cliff   “Struggling Man” (1973)   Jimmy’s follow-up to one of the greatest records ever “The Harder They Come”.     Not as celebrated musically, but the cover is pretty damn cool.   Cliff is one of the 2010 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.

(75 votes, average: 4.15 out of 5)

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“Magic”   Peter Pan Records   Thanks Way Back Now.   (See you send me a cover and…presto!…it appears on LPCoverLover)

(49 votes, average: 3.20 out of 5)

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The Skater’s Waltz   Westminster Records     (Ulf sent in this upskirt cover – you be the judge.)

(57 votes, average: 3.74 out of 5)

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Claude Bolling Plays Duke Ellington   Fontana Records EP

(60 votes, average: 3.82 out of 5)

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“Space Flight”   Carlos Malcolm and His Afro-Jamaican Rhythms (“The Sound of the Soil”)   Carlos plays Trombone and (little did I know til just now) wrote most of the incidental music to the James Bond movie “Dr. No”     He had a big mid-sixties hit with his version of the “Bonanza” TV Theme called…”Bonanza Ska”   I like his song “No Jestering” a hit in 1974.   And who can forget his other million seller, “Fattie Bum Bum”.

(59 votes, average: 3.76 out of 5)

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“One the Hardway”   Chuck Turner   Reggae from 1988.   Produced by King Jammie and Lloyd James

(44 votes, average: 3.07 out of 5)

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“Ouah, ouah, ouah, ouah”   Errol Parker no. 3   Decca (France)

(55 votes, average: 3.55 out of 5)

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