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Cool as a cucumber

“Les Cornichons”  Cesar Folio and his orchestra  Polydor Records (France)

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Ginger snap

Ann Margret on another of those Japanese mini- movie mags with (red vinyl) flexidiscs inside:

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Twist and pout

Brigitte Bardot on this Japanese mini- movie mag with flexidiscs inside.  “Your Hit Parade 2”    wow.

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In another land

An alternate cover of the Rolling Stones “High Tides and Green Grass” from Israel!  PAX Records (1966).  Happy Rosh Hashanah.

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Who are you calling a varmint?

“Secrets of Successful Varmint Calling”  by Johnny Stewart  From 1957 out of Waco, Texas

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Skatalite in the loafers?

Gay Feet Every Night featuring Baba Brooks and his band and Joe White and Chick   Dr. Bird Records  (1966)  A rare ska record from the UK

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All you need is dub

General Smilie and Papa Michigan  “Rub-A-Dub Style”   Studio One Records (Jamaica)  (1979)   The song flips the old Alton Ellis song “I’m Just A Guy” .

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Give the drummer some

Art Blakey  Salute to Birdland  EmArcy Records EP (1954)  Buhaina the master, with  Bernard Griggs, Joe Gordon, Gigi Gryce and Walter Bishop!  Tracks are: Minority, Salute to Birdland,  Eleanor, Futurity 

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Sweet and low

Harry Carney with Strings (1954)  Clef Records  Arranged by Ralph Burns.  Cover illustration by David Stone Martin!  Carney on baritone and bass clarinet with fellow Duke Ellington sidemen including:  Ray Nance on trumpet and violin; Tony Miranda on French horn; Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet and tenor sax;  Leroy Lovett on piano; Billy Bauer on guitar;  Wendell Marshall on bass; and Louie Bellson on drums.  (You won’t find this album if you search for it by its original title.  That’s because its tracks have been folded into a Ben Webster CD called Music for Loving.  The last eight tracks on the second disc make up the Carney album.

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Mandigo Brass

“Ultimate Mash Up”   (Puerto Rico)  (1979)

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