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1. Wish You Were Here
2. Slaughter on 10th Avenue Theme
3. I Love You
4. In The Still Of The Night
5. Ciribiribin
6. Jumping Jack
7. Old Devil Moon
8. September Song
9. La Paloma
10. Yellow Rose Of Texas
11. Cheyenne
12. Nellie Bly

This weeks fine taste of sharity is another in the ping-pong series from Spinorama Records. These were, apparently, department store b-grade series, but as with many things, give them time and they become treasures. And, yes, this is the last of the harmonica music for a while. Though this album is credited to Eddy Manson, another of Borrah Minevitch’s students, according to this link, it was actually made by Danny Welton.

Whomever the artist, the LP is well worth a listen. Enjoy!

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Sorry for the delay! Family issues and other things have been taking up a lot of my time lately.

In the meantime here are a few photos I shot at last Friday’s Kaiju Big Battel event at Avalon, in Boston. They should have many more of these posted at the Kaiju site in the next few days, once they finish writing the recap of the event.

Hey Folks,

Sorry for the delay… I have finally updated the links page. I should be posting a new LP in the next couple days.

-S

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1. La Vie En Rose
2. The River Seine
3. Arriverderci, Roma
4. Domani
5. Strange Enchantment
6. Sleepy Lagoon
7. The Petite Waltz
8. Lili Marlene
9. The Girls In Brazil
10. The Breeze and I
11. King’s Serenade
12. To You Sweetheart, Aloha

I can’t think of a better way to start off a new month than MORE HARMONICA MUSIC!

This week’s fine mouth organ extravaganza is brought to you by another apprentice of Borrah Minevitch and his Harmonica Rascals, Leo Diamond. Certain to have been popular with the stereo early-adopters of the late 50’s, “Exciting Sounds From Romantic Places” is brimming with cars and trains and planes zooming from left to right and back again. Plus, it’s loaded with plenty of crazy sound effects and obscure instruments, making it a sure-to-be hit at your fancy parties. As an added treat, the cover… I have no idea where they found the tripe bathing suit, but come on, amazing… and the look of utter contempt from our bathing beauty, perfect. I can’t imagine who could pass up this fine bargain.

It’s priced to move, so download now.

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Just updated the Big-Page-O-Current-Sharity-Covers! There are many exciting new sharity titles out there, brought to you by the caring people of blogville.

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1. Sabre Dance
2. I’m Confessin’ That I Love You
3. There’ll Never Be Another You
4. Espana Cani
5. Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
6. Granada
7. Stars & Stripes Militaire
8. Sweet Sue
9. Springtime on the Danube
10. Night on Witches Mountain
11. French Touch
12. Whippoorwill Polka

And now… Back to the important stuff… Harmonica music!

I found this fine Johnny Puleo record at the same Goodwill where I came across Sharity #2: Johnny Puleo and his Harmonica Gang – Jewish and Israeli Favorites. This new record opens with the craziness of the Sabre Dance. If you think you don’t know the Sabre Dance, I’ll be willing to bet that you actually do… OK, think of the frenetic music that is oft to accompany your second-rate magician whilst they move boxes around the stage to distract you from the beautiful assistant sliding into the trapdoor before she is cut to pieces. That’s the Sabre Dance… and it’s even crazier when played by gangster mouth-organists. But don’t trust my word, I suggest you download the album and find out for yourself.

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1. My Kind Of Girl
2. Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
3. Bye Bye Baby
4. Stella By Starlight
5. Coquette
6. Sweet Sue, Just You
7. Linda
8. Tammy
9. Rosetta
10. Dear Heart
11. Ruby
12. Sweethearts On Parade

If Buddy Cole was the lonely man of the 50’s (see Sharity #15), I think it’s safe to say Lenny Dee was the lucky man of the 60’s. Where Buddy was writing songs about being taken advantage of, and women being mean to him, Lenny was simply cueing the ladies up and handing them batons. Be it Linda, or Tammy, or Rosetta, or Ruby, or Stella, or poor Sue, to whom he apparently lied (Sweet Sue, Just You), Lenny was a ladies man. I guess the piano was passé and the birds were flocking to the hip new sounds of the Hammond Model AV. Whatever the reason, it’s clear that LD had the chops.

This selection pairs well with a light Chianti… Bon appétit!

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1. Lover Come Back To Me
2. You Took Advantage Of Me
3. Mean To Me
4. Almost In Your Arms
5. Fulfillment
6. Love Me Or Leave Me
7. If I Could Be With You
8. Sleepy Time Gal
9. No Other Love
10. Chloe
11. Indian Summer
12. It Happend In Monterey

Buddy Cole must have had it pretty bad. Just check out the titles of the first seven songs on this album… Lover Come Back To Me, You Took Advantage Of Me, Mean To Me, Almost In Your Arms, Fulfillment (short lived, one can assume), Love Me Or Leave Me, If I Could Be With You. The guy was a wreck. Strangely, the music is mostly upbeat and jazzy. There’s even a cha cha thrown in for good measure. Mr. Cole must have been the most upbeat lonely guy of the 50’s.

I suggest you give it a listen!

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Just updated the covers page… there are now 76 links!

-S

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1. Bubbles in the Wine
2. The Girl Friend
3. Josephine
4. Hey Mr. Banjo
5. In a Little Spanish Town
6. Clarinet Polka
7. Tonight We Love
8. Louise
9. The Poor People of Paris
10. Lichtersteiner Polka
11. Till the End of Time
12. La Ronde

Hey! I am posting twice in one day… Plans have been in the works to speed up my digitizing process, by the magic of organization, so this should be a more common occurrence.

Lemme start by saying that this is a really great recording. It may have the best sound quality of anything I have posted thus far. As for the music, this one is another toe-tapper like “Cocktails Anyone?” but with a little more variety. Why don’t you give it a looksy and a pokesy and tell me what you think?

Enjoy!

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