Bongos/Flutes/Guitars

Cha Cha Cha with Art Mooney

2011-02-11T12:15:00.001-08:00

Dave Stephens - Organ Fascination

2011-01-30T10:17:00.000-08:00

7 inch Extravaganza Vol.1

2011-01-25T19:05:00.000-08:00

Richard Hayman and His Orch. - Let's Get Together

2011-01-19T18:32:00.000-08:00

The First Percussion Sextet

2011-01-09T15:05:00.000-08:00

Perez Prado's Big Band Sounds, Played by Dave Pell's Big Band

2011-01-04T20:11:00.000-08:00

Eddie Barclay & His Orchestra - French Pastry (Mercury 1958)

2010-12-28T17:38:00.000-08:00

Wild Bill Davis - Flying Home (Sunset 1966)

2010-12-21T18:34:00.000-08:00

Terry Gibbs - El Latino (Roost 1964)

2010-12-15T08:02:00.000-08:00

The Bobby Richards Sextet in Cool Variations (Mount Vernon Music Date Unknown)

2010-12-12T16:51:00.000-08:00

Socarras - Latin Impressions (Decca 1956)

2010-12-10T18:08:00.000-08:00

Walter Wanderley - Murmurio (Tower 1967)

2010-12-05T18:10:00.000-08:00

Bebo Valdes and His Orchestra Tropicana - Hot Cha Chas (Decca 1956)

2010-12-03T19:20:00.000-08:00

Robert Maxwell - Anytime (Command 1967)

2010-12-01T19:48:00.000-08:00

Robert Maxwell - Shangri-La (Decca 1964)

2010-11-27T19:40:00.001-08:00

Enoch Light and The Light Brigade - New Concept of Great Cole Porter Songs (Command 1965)

2010-11-22T19:18:00.000-08:00

Toots Thielemans - Guitars and Strings and Things (Command 1967)

2010-11-21T08:53:00.000-08:00

Saroff and The Cool Ones - Like Beat Man (KAPP 1959)

2010-11-17T17:11:00.000-08:00

Fred Katz - Science-Fiction/Loma (Pacific Jazz 1957)

2010-11-14T13:01:00.000-08:00

Elliot Lawrence - Hi Fi-ing Winds (Vik 1958)

2010-11-14T12:55:00.000-08:00

Adventures in Paradise Vol. 3 - V. A.

2010-11-07T17:35:00.000-08:00

ABC/Paramount compilation featuring: Alfred Apaka, Roy Smeck, The Islanders, Terorotua and His Tahitians.

RS link

The Mills Brothers - Great Hawaiian Hits

2010-10-31T18:40:00.000-07:00

Arranged and conducted by Milt Rogers

Blue Hawaii
On a Little Bamboo Bridge
Sweet Leilani
Hawaiian Hospitality
Songs of the Islands
Beyond the Reef
Hawaiian Nights
Keep Your Eyes on the Hands
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Hawaiian Paradise
Hawaiian Sunset
Trade Winds

Rs link.

Music and Songs from Italian Films of International Fame

2010-10-18T18:30:00.000-07:00

on RCA Victor International from 1962.

Rs link.

The Girl from Ipanema (Wyncote 1964)

2010-10-09T16:09:00.000-07:00

1964 release on the budget label Wyncote, featuring the sax-man Jimmy Davis and the vocal stylings of Norma Lee.

Rs link.

The King Sisters - Aloha

2010-10-02T14:30:00.000-07:00

Music by Alvino Rey

My Little Grass Shack In Kealakekua, Hawaii
Sand
My Tane
Sweet Leilani
Hawaiian Wedding Song
Song of the Islands
Hawaii Is Calling Me
Hawaiian War Chant
Farewell
On the Beach at Waikiki
Beyond the Reef
Aloha Oe

Read The King Sisters' AMG Biography.
A King Sisters Fan Page.
Get the scoop on Alvino Rey's illustrious career, courtesy spaceagepop.com.

Find the rip here.

Divorce Italian Style OST

2010-09-14T07:29:00.000-07:00

Music by Carlo Rustichelli

Track List:

Song of Love
Traffic
Funeral March
Lawyers Prayer
Trattoria
In Love
Murder of Wife and Love
Music of Love
Divorce
Furtively
Trial
Deceit and Gossip
Fefé
Serenade

File your papers here.

The Anita Kerr Singers Reflect on the hits of Bacharach and David

2010-09-01T18:38:00.000-07:00

What's New Pussycat?
Alfie
Are You There (With Another Girl)
In Between Heartaches
The Windows Of The World
Do You Know The Way To San Jose
Don't Make Me Over
Walk On By
Whoever You Are, I Love You
I Say A Little Prayer
The Look Of Love
A House Is Not A Home
What The World Needs Now Is Love

boom-papa-pity-the-girl

Socarras and his Orchestra - Cha Cha Chas and Mambos

2010-08-29T16:02:00.000-07:00

Cuban flautist Alberto Socarras, ads some classical flair to this enjoyable Latin dance platter.

A - You're Adorable (The Alphabet Song)
Algun Dia
Buck Dance
Hal's Cha Cha Cha
Mambo Impromptu
Nervous Gavotte Mambo
Par La Noche
Rose Room
Sixty Second Mambo
Tea for Two Cha Cha
Torero
Waltz in Cha Cha

Get it here.

Cesar Romero - Songs by a Latin Lover

2010-08-28T19:23:00.000-07:00

The Breeze and I
Brazil
Amor, Amor
Cielito Lindo
Jealous Cabellero
Mama Inez
Would I Love You, Love You
Yours
Rio De Janiero
Maria Elena

Find it here.

THE MUSIC OF NINO ROTA (a BFG Mix)

2010-08-14T11:14:00.001-07:00

Eartha Kitt - La Dolce Vita
Amarcord (Medley)
Franco Ferrara - Coimbra (suite) (from Il Bidone)
Guido E Luisa Nostalgico (from 8 1/2)
Noro Morales - La Dolce Vita
Le Le Notti Di Cabiria (from Nights of Cabiria)
Toby Dammit Theme (from LSD Roma)
Franco Ferrara - Come Tu Vuoi (slow) (from Rocco and His Bros.)
Radiolina di pupe (from Boccaccio '70)

I love Nino Rota's soundtrack music.

The plodding waltzes, rock, and 40's dance hall numbers. The eerie pre-psychedelic surrealist organ-jazz, drunk trumpet pathos, nods to Harold Arlen, and Perez Prado. Female scat vocals, and circus/carnival foxtrots. I chose some of my favorites here (plus a couple of covers). There are many more. A brief sampling.

Enjoy.

Meet The Three Cheers

2010-08-11T13:12:00.001-07:00

Lounge act trio on Indie DIY, Boss Records. Very much in the vein of male vocal acts of the time (Kirby Stone Four, The Hi-Lo's, Four Freshmen, etc.) minus the big production backing them. According to the notes, their comedy routine is, "wildly hilarious."

Meet up here.

Pete Drake - Talking Steel Guitar

2010-07-28T16:23:00.001-07:00

(photo courtesy countryrecords.com)
link

The Joe Mooney Quartet - On The Rocks

2010-07-14T13:16:00.000-07:00

Sample "Just A Gigolo" here.

Joe Mooney's AllMusic Biography here.

Omitted the track "What More Can a Woman Do?" because of too much surface noise.

Tracks:
Have Another One, Not Me
September Song
Just A Gigolo
A Man with One Million Dollars
Tea for Two
Nancy (With The Laughing Face)
Warm Kiss and Cold Heart
Prelude to a Kiss
You Go to My Head
From Monday On
Lazy Countryside

Get your rocks on here.

Walt - Made On The Baldwin Organ

2010-07-11T20:48:00.000-07:00

Walt made a tape for his friends.
DIY cassette c.1989

Tracks:
Introduction
Blue Hawaii
Bye, Bye Blues
Fascination
Granada
Louise
Lovely Hula Hands
Under Paris Skies
Green, Green Grass of Home
Thoroughly Modern Millie

link

Peter Nero Plays a Salute to Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

2010-07-06T20:38:00.000-07:00

A visually pristine copy. The needle skips once on A Taste of Honey.
link

3 songs from Country Time Lemonade commercials (c.1993)

2010-07-01T15:43:00.000-07:00

preview Golden Smiles by Robert Bowker here

zipped files here

The Magic Harp of Verlye Mills

2010-06-29T18:43:00.000-07:00

Goes well with a box of wine and an Ambien.

Link

Eddie Costa Does Eden Ahbez

2010-06-29T09:01:00.000-07:00

Download Nature Boy.

Jerry Murad's Harmonicats with Ralph Marterie - The Cats Around the Horn

2010-06-21T19:08:00.000-07:00

Find it here!

The Randy van Horne Singers - Sing a Song of Goodman

2010-04-17T10:32:00.000-07:00

Doo-Wee-Doo-Wah

Joe E. Ross - Ooh Ooh

2010-04-14T18:00:00.000-07:00

Sing-a-long with Joe E.

Yvette Horner

2010-04-11T08:04:00.000-07:00

link

Blossom Dearie

2010-04-02T15:50:00.000-07:00

In m4a format.

Blossom Time

Gil Mellé - Four Blue Note Pieces

2010-03-22T19:56:00.000-07:00

Sunset Concerto
The Gears
Ballet Time
Long Ago (And Far Away)

Todd S. Jenkins article

Link

Jo Ann Henderson - Baby Please Don't Go (Single)

2010-03-08T14:52:00.000-08:00

May recognize this song as performed by Them and featured in the David Lynch movie Wild at Heart.

Enjoy

Here's a link to another version...

Rose Mitchell - Baby Please Don't Go

Chance Halladay - Bury Me Deep (Single)

2010-03-07T11:08:00.001-08:00

link

Spit'n Image - Sounds Nice

2009-09-29T07:41:00.001-07:00

Lukewarm schlock from across the pond.

Little Green Apples
Sweet Caroline
Someone to Love Me
When Julie Comes Around

Spit here.

Jorgen Ingmann - Swinging Guitar (1959)

2009-09-20T12:13:00.000-07:00

This LP is pretty much in the same vein, as say, Les Paul or Chet Adkins, without the ingenuity. You'll find the same song line-up that the aforementioned do, on this one: Blue Moon, Bye Bye Blues, Twilight Time, etc. Good for background sounds while reading the Sunday paper. It's sure not to impress your friends.

Swing it.

Billy Byers - Impressions of Duke Ellington (1961)

2009-09-19T19:36:00.000-07:00

find it here.

And Me... I'm Ed McMahon (1963)

2009-09-13T18:13:00.000-07:00

Hi-O!

Son of Word Jazz - Ken Nordine with Fred Katz and His Group

2009-09-06T18:36:00.000-07:00

get it here

The Six - A View from Jazzbo's Head

2009-08-05T08:57:00.000-07:00

da_six

Françoise Hardy - 1962 EP

2009-08-03T09:21:00.000-07:00

J'Suis d'Accord
Tous les garçons et les filles
Oh Oh Chéri
Il est parti un jour

rpdshare link

Dave Lewis Plays Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass

2009-07-27T09:51:00.000-07:00

Tijuana Grooves

Fantasy Stereo Demonstration Record

2009-07-25T16:35:00.000-07:00

Purists beware. I just ripped the selections I wanted off of this disc. There are some old-timey Honky Tonk piano music, Marching Band, and Chamber music tracks that I'm just not interested in.

Also, an added bonus, Gloria Lynne's I Wish You Love.

in stereo

The Del Rubio Triplets - Whip It

2009-07-18T14:31:00.000-07:00

link-a-dink-a-do

Henry Mancini - A BFG Mix

2009-06-25T06:36:00.001-07:00

On our way to Dreamsville.

Ultra Lounge Leopard Skin Sampler - V.A.

2009-06-21T07:36:00.000-07:00

Leopard Skin

Squirrel Nut Zippers - Roasted Right (1994)

2009-06-20T12:24:00.000-07:00

Roasted(corruptfilefixed)

Bob McFadden and Dor - Songs Our Mummy Taught Us

2009-06-15T13:06:00.000-07:00

Going back 15 years or so, this gem availed itself to me. It sat, for maybe 10 years prior, in the bottom of a cardboard box, with old Kenny Loggins albums pressing down on it's withered face. The box was way in the back of the last booth of the last tract of a flea market, outside of Cincinnati proper. I have not seen a copy since (well that's not true, I did see it go for a few hundy on ebay. I 'aint payin' that much for my mummy's plot, let alone Songs Our Mummy Taught Us). It now hangs on my wall amongst my other treasured covers. I am in geeky bliss. And now, I share it with you. Be forewarned, the vinyl on this copy looks like it was polished with 150-grit sandpaper. I feel the sound quality is passable and doesn't totally overwhelm the recording. That being said, I do like a little crackle 'n' pop with my music. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy, like listening to my father's beat-up Victory at Sea LP on my portable Fisher Price when I was but a wee -lad. So, take that for what it's worth. I'm not into pristine hi-fidelity or an avid audiophile. I just record my lps on the portable ion with the basic software. Press record. Transfer to iTunes and I'm on my way. Skipping through my neighborhood to Shreik of Agony...CHA-CHA-CHA.

The ion IPTUSB

Songs

Walter Wanderley - From Rio With Love

2009-06-13T17:08:00.000-07:00

link

Hank Snow - Snow in Hawaii

2009-06-07T16:05:00.000-07:00

Aloha, from the bottom of my heart.

Music to Shag By - Various Artists

2009-06-03T17:22:00.000-07:00

Remarkable 1999 cash-in comp. featuring: Tom Jones, Dusty Springfield, Serge Gainsbourg & Jane Birkin, etc.

link

Montalba - Fantasy in Pipe Organ and Percussion

2009-06-01T19:33:00.000-07:00

link

Bungalow Compilation - V.A. (1997) Fantastic Plastic Machine and Others.

2009-05-26T06:34:00.000-07:00

Downtempo, uptempo, Moog inspired pop delights; an eclectic mix from Bungalow.

Features material by Le Hammond Inferno, Laila France, Stereo Total, Fantastic Plastic Machine, and Others.

link

B.F.G.'s Podcast 1 - Mellotron Demo and Beatnik Herman

2009-05-25T10:54:00.000-07:00

I've downloaded YouTube clips, turned them into mp3 files, and mixed them together for Bongo/Flutes/Guitars' first podcast. Below is the track listing...

Dean Martin performs a medley of "Volare/On an Evening in Roma" during a charity event at The Kiel Opera House, 1965.

Ann Margaret as Ann Margrock from The Flintstones.

Herman Munster as a Beatnik.

Club Foot Orchestra - Theme from Club Foot

Mellotron Demo

Los Hooligans - Agujetas De Color De Rosa

Jesse Lee Turner - The Little Space Girl

George Husak - I'm Surfing (from WFMU's Beware of the Blog)

Thanks to all of the YouTube posters for the far-out sounds!

link

The Guitars Unlimited Plus 7 - Crazy Rhythm

2009-04-28T20:01:00.000-07:00

link

Sir Julian - A Knight at the Organ

2009-04-17T11:36:00.000-07:00

new link

Henri René - Dynamic Dimensions (Stereo Action)

2009-04-13T17:01:00.000-07:00

from the RCA, sound your eyes can follow, Stereo Action Series...

Swanee River
Time on My Hands
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers
Punctuated Performance
Dizzy Fingers
Tea for Two
On the Sunny Side of the Street
Manhattan Idyll
Temptation Rag
Me and My Shadow
Sweet Sue - Just You
My Blue Heaven

link

Four Rooms OST (1995)

2009-03-20T17:33:00.000-07:00

Music by Combustible Edison and Esquivel

Vertigogo [Opening Theme]
Junglero
Four Rooms Swing
Bewitched
Tea and Eva in the Elevator
Invocation
Breakfast at Denny's
Strange Brew
Coven of Witches
Earthly Diana
Eva Seduces Ted
Hallway Ted
Headshake Rhumba
Skippen, Punkin, Sigfried
Angela
Punch Drunk
Male Bonding
Mariachi
Antes de Medianoche
Sentimental Journey - Esquivel
Kids Watch TV
Champagne and Needles
Bullseye
Harlem Nocturne - Esquivel
Millionaire's Holiday
Ted-O-Vater
Vertigogo [Closing Credits]
"D" in the Hallway
Torchy

link

Chet Atkins in 3 Dimensions

2009-03-15T14:06:00.000-07:00

Schön Rosmarin
Intermezzo
Minuet, Prelude (Bach)
Tip Toe Through the Tulips with Me
Little Rock Getaway
Tenderly
Blues in the Night
La Golandrina
Ochi Chornya
Londonberry Air
Arkansaw Traveler
Minute Waltz

new link!

The Mike Flowers Pops - Wonderwall 7"

2009-03-08T10:38:00.000-07:00

Wonderwall
Son Of God
Theme from Memory Man

The clicks and pops are added by MFP for effect.

link

Louis Prima and Keely Smith - Music from the Soundtrack Hey Boy! Hey Girl!

2009-03-06T17:08:00.000-08:00

with Sam Butera and the Witnesses

Hey Boy! Hey Girl!
Banana Split for my Baby
You Are My Love
Fever
Oh Marie
Lazy River
Nitey-Nite
When the Saints Go Marching In
Autumn Leaves
Hey Boy Reprise

Louis Prima AMG Link
rslink

Julie London - Around Midnight

2009-03-03T18:43:00.000-08:00

The Party's Over
But Not for Me
How About Me
Something Cool
You and the Night and the Music
Don't Smoke in Bed
In the Wee Small Hours in the Morning
Lush Life
Black Coffee
Misty
Lonely Night in Paris
'Round Midnight

new link!

Buddy Collette's Swinging Shepherds

2009-02-26T19:02:00.001-08:00

With Bud Shank, Harry Klee, and Paul Horn.

Flute Diet
Short Story
Machito
Improvisation (With Conga)
Pony Tale
The Funky Shepherds
Tasty Dish
Improvisation
The Four Winds Blow

new link!

The Exciting World of Buddy Merrill and his Guitars

2009-02-21T19:44:00.000-08:00

Russian Bells
When the World Was Young
Cute
Somewhere My Love
Nina
Two Guitars
Mack the Knife
Third Man Theme
Funky
Summer Samba (So Nice)
Poor People of Paris
Green Hornet Theme

new link!

Borrah Minnevitch and his Harmonica Rascals 10"

2009-02-19T18:38:00.000-08:00

Caravan
Perfidia
Warsaw Concerto
Song of India
Anitra's Dance
Jamaican Rumba
Fantaisie - Impromptu
Malagueña

Some crackle and pop on this one.

Bonus: Two Perez Prado Sides
The Millionaire/ Catalania

link

Billy Mure - Supersonic Guitars in HI-FI

2009-02-15T17:54:00.001-08:00

Rock is Dead/RIP Blog for link.

More info on Billy Mure here.

Interesting fact: Supersonic Guitars Vol. 2 cover has an image of a solar toy designed by Charles Eames.

(Thanks to The American Gallery of Exotica Album Covers, and Black Cat Rockabilly, Europe.)

Los Brasilios with The Juan Morales Singers - Brasilian Beat '67

2009-02-12T15:25:00.000-08:00

Carol's Theme
What a Difference a Day Made
No Love, But Your Love
Amorio Ambiguo
Nightingale
Brasilian Beat (Tijuana Country)
Poinciana
Noce D'Amor
No Te Esconde
Ritmo D'Amor

link

Billy Mure - Supersonic Guitars Vol.2

2009-02-08T05:17:00.000-08:00

Canadian Sunset
Whispering
The Jitterbug Waltz
Enchanted Eyes
Keep it Movin'
Brazil
Shenandoah March
Dizzy Fingers
Baia
Latin Holiday
April Showers
The Moon of Manakoora

The beginning of Canadian Sunset has a slight skip. I bought the thing for 50 cents. The rest of the record is pretty clean. Although, if you are a fan of quality over quantity, then you may want to find this recording elsewhere.

link

Dave Harris and His Powerhouse Five - Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals

2009-02-05T17:50:00.000-08:00

Powerhouse
The Toy Trumpet
The Penguin
Boy Scout in Switzerland
The Happy Farmer
War Dance for Wooden Indians
Dinner Music for a Pack of Hungry Cannibals
In an Eighteenth Century Drawing Room
Siberian Sleigh Ride
Wreckless Night Aboard an Ocean Liner
Minuet in Jazz
Twilight in Turkey

new link

Raymond Scott breathed fresh life into what looked to be on paper, a limiting art form, Big-Band. The muted horn and the dreamlike Celeste, permeate Scott's music. These are signature Scott. To me, the tunes are bittersweet. Each starting off upbeat and lighthearted, and quickly descending into what seems, to my untrained ear, like a minor chord progression, filled with pathos. Dave Harris, a onetime member of Scott's orchestra, is pretty straightforward here. He stays true to Raymond Scott's quirky vision. Harris takes advantage of the technology and produces a Stereophonic delight. It's a clean and well thought out recording. The mix is stellar. One of my favorite records.

I'll Never Forget What's'isname - Music by Francis Lai OST

2009-01-31T19:41:00.000-08:00

Cambridge (One Day Soon)
Andrew Dreaming
Boutique Music
School Reunion
Visiting Louise
Party Music-Show Out
Chamber Music
Main Title
The Commercial
Keep It Cool
Radio Music
Meeting Susannah
Party Music
Cambridge (One Day Soon)
One Day Soon Lyrics by Don Black. Vocal by Tom Jones

IMDb link
rs link

Ted Heath - A Yank in Europe (The Music of Raymond Scott)

2009-01-29T19:29:00.000-08:00

Palma Majorca
Visibility Limited English Channel
Supper at the Savoy
Nightfall in Venice
Garden in Versailles
Lady on the Riviera
London Airport
Blue Grotto in Capri
Train Ride in the Alps
Opening Chorus - Follies Bergere
Night Club in Sorrento
Talking Turkey

link

Ethel Smith - Latin from Manhattan

2009-01-27T19:59:00.000-08:00

My favorite organist. Love the arrangements on this one. Keep an eye out for her Hawaiian album. I'll post that in the near future (and maybe a better pic of this one).

The Breeze and I
Alla En El Rancho Grande, Los Altenitas
Brazil
April in Portugal
Dinorah
Toca Tu Samba
Lero Lero, Bem Te Vi Atrevido
Tico Tico
Cose, Cose, Cose
Hernando's Hideaway
Paran Pan Pin, Cachita
The Parrot

new link!

Introduction

2008-03-30T11:26:00.000-07:00

I've been collecting records since 1981. My first purchase was Caress of Steel by Rush. I wanted Moving Pictures, but didn't want to spend the money. Caress was in the K Mart cut-out bin. Stingy, I know. My second LP was Diary of a Madman by Ozzy Osbourne, which was promptly returned when my mother saw the shocking cover imagery. In my teens, the paychecks from busing tables at Chi-Chi's all went to Rock and Punk LPs. This substituted spending money on dates or out with friends.

Around the late 80's and early 90's, I became bored with commercial rock and sought weird and unusual records. This was based around my love for big-band and a strange nostalgia for a time that for me only existed in: B-Movies, television reruns, newsreels, books, and cartoons. This record buying mania went on throughout the 90's. During which time, I discovered there were others like me. This was best represented by the RE-Search Books: Incredibly Strange Music 1 & 2, and later from WFMU's mail-order catalog, Cool and Strange Music Magazine, and the short lived Lounge Music fad.

A few years back, I sold most off most of my stuff to support my college years. Presently, I have about two or three hundred LPs. I now only buy under certain guidelines. This is to avoid having way too many to even get around to enjoying. Here's a brief rundown on what I look for...

The vinyl and cover have to be in decent shape. Playable, little to no mildew or water damage. I go for the whole package. An album that I enjoy listening to, as well as looking at.

RCA's Stereo Action, Capitol Records, Warner Bros., Mercury and Liberty, all put out fine LPs from the Kennedy, Cold War Era. I enjoy the beautiful models, the bright and pastel colors, the semi-abstract designs and of course the fonts!

Musically, the odder the music the better. The Three Suns are my favorite group from that time, but countless others share a special place in my geeky heart. Albums with the following songs will always have me stopping to take note.

Caravan
Temptation
Taboo
Misirlou
Music to Watch Girls By
Out of This World
Bijou
Sway
The Carioca
Dark Eyes
The Girl from Ipanema
One Note Samba
Baia
So Nice (Samba De Verao)
Jungle Drums
Tico Tico

Enough already, here's some cover art from the collection.