Tavin Pumarejo con su Tuna … Fish   “Trullando en Navidad”  Koitre Records   (Some great entries in our caption contest!  We went with the simple “Fish Schtick” from LP cover lover Mike,  “A Fish Called Juanita” from LP cover lover Wayne too!)

(37 votes, average: 3.65 out of 5)

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“It Takes Two”  Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston  Tamla Motown Records

(44 votes, average: 3.57 out of 5)

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Jimmy McGriff  “Fly Dude”  Groove Merchant Records (1972)

(37 votes, average: 3.22 out of 5)

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Connie Canuso  “Someone Painted Rudolph’s Nose a Chocolate Brown”  Applause Records

(37 votes, average: 3.51 out of 5)

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“Momma’s Twistin’ with Santa Claus”  Mark Anthony  LaBelle Records

(33 votes, average: 3.21 out of 5)

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Kool for Katz  Dick Katz  PYE Records (UK)   With drums, guitar and bass – Katz’s first sides as a leader after a decade with Ray Ellington.

(47 votes, average: 3.94 out of 5)

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Captain Kangaroo  My Name Records (1977)

(36 votes, average: 2.92 out of 5)

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“Polka Dances”  National Dance Orchestra Halo Records   Courtesy of LP cover lover, MSgt Donald Patterson, Music Production Chief/Staff  Arranger, “The President’s Own”, United States Marine Band

(44 votes, average: 3.45 out of 5)

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Paul Gonzalves Quartet  “Boom-Jackie, Boom-Chick”  (1964)  Vocalion Records (UK)  One of the most expensive and toughest albums to track down.  This sells for over a grand on ebay if it shows up .  Only 500 copies were pressed .  The latin-flavored title track is a dedication to Jack Sharpe, one time jazz club owner, taxi driver and legendary London character.  Gonsalves was a good mate of Sharpe’s, and Jackie “supervised” the album. Gonsalves died in Sharpe’s flat in 1974.  Tremendous work from saxophonist Paul Gonsalves — one of his rare UK sessions from the 60s, all of which show that he had a tremendous sound that went way beyond his more famous work with Duke Ellington! The style here is tight, hip, and very grooving — work by a quartet that features Gonsalves on tenor, plus Pat Smythe on piano, Kenny Napper on bass, and Ronnie Stevenson on drums — all hitting a soulful hardbop style that’s very much like the best Tubby Hayes records from the time!  Gonsalves’ tone is incredible — with that raspy, almost flatted mode that he used with Ellington — and it really stretches out here with plenty of room for creativity, in a way that makes us wonder why nobody ever got this one issued over on our side of the Atlantic.  – Dusty Groove

(38 votes, average: 3.68 out of 5)

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James Dean on the cover.  “Memories of American Hit Films”  Leon Pops Orchestra  (Japan)

(42 votes, average: 3.81 out of 5)

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