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Paton plays

The Many Sides of Sandy Paton  Elektra Records (1959)  Folk songs from Scotland and the British Isles.  Charles Alexander “Sandy” Paton died in 2009 at the age of 80.

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“Eddie Davis Eyes”

Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis with the Paul Weeden Trio  “I Only Have Eyes For You” Prestige Records  (1963)

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Who knows what evil lurks?

Italian EP by Franco Trincale on Fonola Records  (1972)  I just found this on YouTube.  Crazy.  What is he singing about?  I’m afraid to know.

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You say you want a rev-o-lu-tion

Meanwhile, back in the USSR

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A bird in the hand

Ultra Funk  “Meat Heat”  Contempo Records (1977) (UK)  LISTEN HERE

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Dandy Lions

The Lions (“Os Inigualaveis”)  Farroupilha Records (Brazil)  Sixties guitar rock from Sao Paulo with covers of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, “Tequila” and Ray Charles’ “Mary Ann”.

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Do the Hoagy Pokey

Hoagy Carmichael’s “Havin’ A Party”  Golden Records

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Ring my bell

Maurice Patton and The Melodians  “Ding Dong A-Go-Go”

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Girl power

Two by the Travellers and The Stylers

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One Toad Over the Line

“Just Too Much”  The Progressive Piano of Hal Schaefer with Joe Mondragon on Bass Fiddle and Alvin Stoller on Drums   RCA Victor Records   (1955) ALBUM COVER ART: Nicholas Gibson

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