Alternate RCA UK cover of “Mmm Nice!” by   arranger, composer and conductor Bob Thompson, his chorus and orchestra   Recorded Aug. 1959.

Selected Personnel: Shelly Manne (drums), Larry Bunker (drums, perc.), Frank Capp (drums), Emil Richards (perc.), Bud Shank (Sax), Frank Rosolino (trombone), Ken Shroyer (trombone), Don Fagerquist (trumpet), Al Porcino (trumpet), Alton Hendrickson (guitar), Red Callender (horns).

Tracks: The Song is You, Younger than Springtime, People Will Say We’re in Love, They Can’t Take That Away from Me, While We’re Young, The Best Thing for you, Ain’t We Got Fun, Hello, Young Lovers, Do It Again,   joie_de_vivre   I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face, Playboy.

This record is a staple of any EZ listening/bachelor pad/lounge music library and features the most imaginative intrumentals with wordless vocal chorus. This is Thompson’s first LP.   Here’s the U.S. release with cover girl Sandy Warner:

(75 votes, average: 4.47 out of 5)

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The Smoke   “My Friend Jack”   An EP on Impact records (1967 – French)

(47 votes, average: 3.64 out of 5)

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Richard Du Bois “The outstanding testimony of Mr. America, Mr. Universe and Mr. U.S.A. “as given at the full gospel businessmen’s breakfast.   Houston Texas.   This recording will be an inpiration to you and your friends.”

(47 votes, average: 2.81 out of 5)

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“What do you know about DEMON POSSESSION?”   POSSESSED – by GOD or demons?   On POWER Records

(73 votes, average: 3.77 out of 5)

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At Home With the Lloyds

(50 votes, average: 3.74 out of 5)

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Gene Norman presents Dizzy Gillespie In Concert   Vogue Records EP.

(44 votes, average: 4.18 out of 5)

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“Sweet Caroline” Neil Diamond Uni Records (shown here with a very special spindle girl – my sweet Caroline!)

Officially released on September 16, 1969, Neil only recently revealed that he wrote this after seeing a Life magazine photo of Caroline Kennedy riding a pony in the mid-sixties.   But every Caroline owns it.   The song has been a tradition at Boston’s Fenway Park since 1997, and since 2002 it has been played at every game in the middle of the eighth inning.   Elvis liked to sing it.

Sweet Caroline
Good times never seemed so good
I’ve been inclined
To believe they never would

(37 votes, average: 2.62 out of 5)

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A nice Brazilian record and cover from the Odeon label.   “Dancando em Hi-Fi”.

(44 votes, average: 3.80 out of 5)

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Quelle Stradelle (Qui Comando Lo)   (I get it, but can anyone translate for me?)

(72 votes, average: 4.53 out of 5)

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