“Music for Pleasure Time” Allegro. Royale Concert Orchestra. Another budget label release of forgettable background music – aural wallpaper, sonic pablum, muzak – saved from the landfill because of a cover with a strange hook and a simple transcendent beauty.
(21 votes, average: 4.43 out of 5)
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James Brown and his Famous Flames “Try Me!” King Records A collection of James Brown’s earliest R&B singles from 1959.
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“Music for Expectant Fathers” Fontanna and his Orchestra
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Dead Eye and the Desperados “Saloon pour hors-la-loi” Authentiques Chansons Cow-boys. On the French label Mode Disques.
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Ronnie Hollyman recorded live at the exclusive Key Room. “The Quiet Man” – “Shhh!” King Records
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Sonny King. “For Losers Only” Colpix.
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Music for Hand-Jiving on London Records. A compilation of hits by Tommy Steele, The Blue Jeans and The Four Jacks, etc.
Hand-Jiving involves a complicated pattern of hand moves and claps including thigh slapping, cross-wrist slapping, fist pounding, chest slapping and pounding, hand clapping, elbow touching and hitch hike moves. It resembles a highly elaborate version of pat-a-cake. The hand jive was popularized by Johnny Otis’ 1958 hit “Willie and the Hand Jive”. Eric Clapton did a version of the song in 1974 that reached the Top 40.
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This is one in a nice series of lps called “Sound Stories” which features races, racetracks, racers and cars around the world. This one is the 17th Monaco Grand Prix 1959. Beautiful art here.
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12 side-splitting his by Hattie Noel and Billy Mitchell. Dootone Novelty Series. I don’t know Billy’s work, but I’d like to learn more based on this photo.
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Stubby Kaye. “Music for Chubby Lovers” Seeco. Occasionally you’ll see — as I do now pulling records off the shelf to post here — how I used to insert myself into various cover scenes. This was pre-photoshop obviously.
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