Teasing the Korean

Gary McFarland - Soft Samba - Verve (mono) Beatles covers on this album BLOW AWAY the originals.

Marian McPartland - Bossa Nova + Soul - Time (mono) Featuring the awesome WURLITZER ELECTRIC PIANO on several tracks!

Yusef Lateef - The Centaur and the Phoenix - Riverside LP reissued as part of a 70s Milestone twofer (stereo, I think).

Being that I'm a major Yusef Lateef fan and self-proclaimed exotica junkie, try to imagine my excitement when I found out that our hero recorded a full-on EXOTICA SINGLE! With jungle percussion, wordless vocals, and all! Riverside 4504 featured Morales's "Jungle Fantasy" and Billy Taylor's "Titora!" Just when I think I have every exotica record, another one pops up! THANK YOU, ORO, GOD OF VENGEANCE!

I'm jealous! Dedicated mono mix or collapse of stereo mix?

Be sure they are facing up (mark the box) and be sure they're packed tight. I moved 50+ wine boxes full of albums in a moving van several years ago and there were no issues. BTW, many wine boxes are just a centimeter or so too short in one dimension. You've got to test them out.

Spencer-Hagen Orchestra - Essence of Romance - Liberty (turquoise mono)

Art Blakey, Jazz Messengers, Thelonious Monk - Atlantic (stereo red & green label)

Herbie Hancock - Takin' Off - Blue Note (stereo DMM pressing, played in mono for improved balance).

What do you think of Tampa TP 21?

Henry Mancini - Trail of the Pink Panther - Liberty Collection of music from "Trail" and other PP films.

Horace Silver - Song for My Father - Blue Note (blue and white label, Liberty, stereo) Played in mono to improve the mix.

Roland Shaw - Themes from the James Bond Thrillers Vol. 3 - London (red label mono) Roland Shaw does a great job with Barry's spy music!

Bill Evans - Live at Montreux - Verve (stereo)

George Shearing Quintet - Lullaby of Birdland - Verve (mono) Twofer compilation of MGM sides. Sound is WAY better than it is on those MGM LPs.

I have a record by him on red vinyl that I like a lot, but I can't remember the title.

I'm trying to play at least a gig a month. So far I'm good for February through July.

Mike Pacheco - Bongo Session - Tampa TP 21 (mono) with Carlos Vidal and Shelly Manne

Howard Roberts - Goodies - Capitol (rainbow stereo)

Bill Perkins - Bossa Nova with Strings Attached - Liberty (mono)

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Gene Ammons - The Soulful Moods Of... Reissued as a part of a Prestige twofer "Gentle Jug."

Get used to it!

That's a really good one!

George Shearing Quintet & Amigos - Continental Experience - MPS Quintet plus latin percussion, similar to his latin records on Capitol. Except that this is from 1975 and it's like the 60s never happened.