Tangos by Michel Delon on Magenta Records

(56 votes, average: 4.29 out of 5)

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Penaranda y Chencha   Merengue Records

(67 votes, average: 3.79 out of 5)

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Chuck Berry “Chuck..Berry Is On Top”   Chess Records (1959)   A collection of rock and roll’s defining and most influential singles including “Almost Grown”, “Carol”, “Maybellene”, “Sweet Little Rock & Roller”, “Johnny B. Goode”, “Little Queenie”, “Roll Over Beethoven”, and “Around and Around”.   It’s good to go back and listen to these songs fresh every once in a while and feel the power of Chuck Berry’s performance, timeless music and rock and roll poetry.

(53 votes, average: 3.45 out of 5)

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Charlie “BIRD” Parker on Savoy Vol. 1   (1950)   This alternate cover for The Charlie Parker Quintet Vol. 3 by Burt Goldblatt.

(59 votes, average: 4.27 out of 5)

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“Twist! y Rock and Roll” de La Nueva Ola   Discos Mag Records

(58 votes, average: 4.29 out of 5)

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Billo’s Caracas Boys “El Yo Yo”

(39 votes, average: 2.90 out of 5)

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“Bossa Nova Bacchanal” Blue Note (1962)   With Charlie Rouse (Tenor Sax); Kenny Burrell & Chauncey “Lord” Westbrook (Guitar); Lawrence Gales (Bass); Willie Bobo (Drums); Potato Valdez (Conga); Garvin Masseaux (Chekere).

Side 1: Back To The Tropics; Aconteceu; Velhos Tempos; Samba De Orfeu.

Side 2: Un Dia; Meci Bon Dieu; In Martinique.

I like Charlie Rouse from his playing with Monk to his record with Paul Quinichette “The Chase is On” to this one (especially the haitian number merci-bon-dieu).   Leonard Feather says in the liner notes,”As befits the overall concept of bossa nova, Charlie plays with a remarkable blend of smoothness and assertion…and his sense of time is always acute and appropriate”.

(60 votes, average: 3.05 out of 5)

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“Monster Melodies”   The Ideal Dance Party with Frankie Stein and his Ghouls   Power Records   There are at least six of these Frankie Stein sessions on Power, all with groovy covers.   I’ll list them all eventually (see the “Monster” category).   This looks like an illustration that might have graced the cover of Famous Monsters of Filmdom magazine.   But this is done tongue in cheek with songs titles like “”Doctor Spook”, “In a Groovy Grave”, “All Choked Up” and “Dressed to Kill” all played in the dance styles of the day – the twist, frug, hully gully and mashed potato, etc.   “The die-namic sound with the DEAD beat that has everything to make your dancing party a HOWLING success…”

(62 votes, average: 3.95 out of 5)

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Another far out porno cover from the Chucha La Loca series from Mexico.

(165 votes, average: 3.59 out of 5)

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“Cocktail Hour On the Range”   William Gunther, piano with rhythm accompaniment.

(52 votes, average: 3.83 out of 5)

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