Teasing the Korean

Truth be told, the Alfred Apaka albums were in my stack but I left them behind due to space concerns. I could only fit so many albums in my suitcase. If I can't find Alfred Apaka albums for a dollar in Florida of all places, I don't deserve them!

So you bought the other Alfred Apaka and Webley Edwards albums from the dollar easy listening bin?

First time in six years. Thanks Jack!

I am OBSESSED with Timmy Thomas.

When I was young(er), the Beatles epitomized the 60s. Now, the sixties are all about Brasil 66, Burt Bacharach, Bossa Nova, Italian soundtracks, etc. I almost never listen to the Beatles, and prefer jazz and sleazy listening covers of their tunes - especially covers of their psychedelic numbers by aging jazzers. These are so much more subversive than the real thing.

I have discovered that the organ in question is an Elka combo organ, info courtesy of Brother Cleve.

It went good, for a live show. No major train wrecks! It is archived here: http://wmnf.org/programs/230 Under "listen again" you can choose windows media or iTunes. Happy listening!

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Thanks, I found the Harry Fox Song File search engine online. Looks like it has what I'm looking for! Thanks!

I said that almost word-for-word recently in a conversation about Ballard.

One of my favorites. I've coincidentally been on a Ballard kick lately - I re-read "Crash" and just finished "High Rise." I have the annotated edition of "The Atrocity Exhibition" that is on my summer reading list.

Anyone know of a quick and easy online source that allows you to search for the publishing companies of (relatively) well known tunes? I'm seeking permission for an upcoming recording. Thanks in advance!

Any of his Stan Kenton stuff. There should be a compilation focusing on Rugolo but I haven't found one yet. Of the Mercury albums, I especially like "Richard Diamond" and "Percussion at Work." The earlier Columbia albums all have good moments but they are hit-or-miss. If you can find "Behind Brigitte Bardot" on WB, buy it - and then promptly give it to me! "The Sweet Ride" soundtrack (MGM?) is great in a groovy 60s kind of way. OH, and his late 90s soundtrack "This World and the Fireworks" is on CD and routinely pops up for short dough.

June Christy - The Song is June - Capitol (rainbow mono) with Thee Great Pete Rugolo

June Christy - The Misty Miss Christy - Capitol (turquoise mono) with Thee Great Pete Rugolo

It sold out after six hours. It's already on eBay: http://cgi.ebay.com/MASTER-OF-THE-WORLD-GO...%3A1%7C294%3A50

I will miss Chris. Hey, that's a rhyme!

Okay, I'm a little reluctant to share this story, as there will no doubt be smartass, jejeune remarks, but... When it was revealed that Ms. Chambers had done porn as well as modelling, the Ivory Snow people promptly did a replacement of the package's photo image with a painted one. The commercial artist who painted the new image worked from photos. The models for the photo, posed just as the client wanted, was my then-wife, a busy model, and my still-daughter (now a beautiful 35 year old woman). The painter of course did slight representational changes so that Ivory Snow could never again be caught in the identification game. The fee was a flat 75 bucks or so, for about twenty minutes work, and anonymous fame... (Edited to remove double-posting). That image made a real impression on me as a kid. How awesome to know that Dad was a space-age jazz-loving hipster! I would have hoped as much!

Are you into Gabor Szabo?

It's already sold out.

If it's OK to listen to Joe Meek, why not Phil Spector?

Two rare soundtracks by Thee Great Les Baxter are being reissued on a limited edition CD! http://store.intrada.com/s.nl/it.A/id.6170/.f Includes the LP versions of both soundtracks and also a 20 minute suite of actual stereo film tracks from Master!

She was awesome.

Webley Edwards Presents Hawaii Calls: Favorite Instrumentals from the Islands, Volume IV - Capitol (rainbow stereo) Nice mixture of exotica and Hawaiian, great tiki on the cover!

This has GOT to be a joke, right?