Hee hee hee … wanna buy some mandies? Just out: "It's Zimmerman's World …We Just Live In It (Soft Sounds For Gentle People Garage And Folk Rock Tributes To The Beatnik Bard)" on Pet (cd or lp, cat. no. 009). Amazingly, that most ultimate of Bob spoofs or Dylan imitations, "A public execution" by Mouse and the Traps (Fraternity 1966 - see below), isn't on it. (And neither is the Trashmen's downright irritating "Same lines" for that matter.). Oh well, you'll probably have that Mouse track via that seminal and oft reissued "Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era" v/a 2lp or cd on Elektra (1972), won't you? If not: see below. Otherwise, bar the omission of Dutch Dylan Armand and the 5 Gentlemen track below, "It's Zimmerman's World … We Just Live In It" is pretty flawless. And hilarious, for those maniac mannerisms and how they reflect on both the Bawb phenomenon and the copy and cash in routines that are part and parcel of the pop industry. So go buy it! And if you do not pay, they got computer collectors that'll send you through the ceiling!

A 1974 stomper and four tracks off "Get Down With It: The Soul Sides 1963-67" (Kent CDKEND357, 2011-07), a compilation of some sixties solo recordings by the New Orleans drag queen and former front man of Huey 'Piano' Smith’s Clowns, including Marchan's 1967 remake of Smith's "Rockin' pneumonia" … "Funny style" is also featured on Kent's "The Fame Studio Story 1961-1973 Home Of The Muscle Shoals Sound" v/a 3cd, incidentally. More on that elsewhere.

The Marketts in their prime, off the "Outer Space, Hot Rods & Superheroes (The Best, The Rarest & The Unreleased)" compilation on Ace Limited Edition (CDLUX 006, 2011).

Before they scored hits in their own name, Ashford & Simpson were songwriters, mostly, teaming up with Joshie Jo Armstead for instance … Here's an A&S penned song from 1967 plus the original version of "Let's go get stoned" - as released in 1965 by the Coasters, who're most famous for working with Mike Stoller & Jerry Leiber (also deceased) … I.M. Nickolas Ashford.
http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/nickolas-ashford/39547
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/aug/23/nickolas-ashford-obituary
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-nick-ashford-obit-20110823,0,1364822.story

Hey, and do check this interview with Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las! And my next post, on the Red Bird label ;-) The radio spots below are off the one and only Shangs record you'll ever need: "Myrmidons Of Melodrama (The Definitive Collection Includes All The Hits Plus Rare Tracks)" on RPM (1994, cat. no. 136, revamped in 2002 as cat. no. 506). Though Charly has that "Remember" budget 2cd as well (SNAX625CD) ...

Nino Ferrer à Bruxelles Midi … See also: http://beaunobeau.posterous.com/nino-ferrer-mirza-1965

This version of the Beatles' "I want to hold your hand" (1963) is an excerpt from the Bollywood film "Janwar" (Bhappi Sonie 1965). Source: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2006/06/the_beatles_gon.html
+ silly bonus: http://toy-a-day.blogspot.com/search/label/beatles
+ http://toy-a-day.blogspot.com/2009/03/update-beatles.html
+ tag advisory

Lou Donaldson not on Blue Note …
http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/musty_rusty_digipack_edition-cd-4797.html

Four lp's or two cd's for a mere 43'01" + 49'21"? Ahum…
http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=21869
And there's a book too …
http://www.gillespetersonworldwide.com/2010/11/bossa-nova-book-launch/
There's more releases to follow:
http://www.souljazzrecords.co.uk/releases/?id=22385

Magnificent 1968 cover of the 1965 musical's main title … by the Peddlers, a cultish UK lounge jazz act on the schmalzier side of the Zombies, who - sadly - never backed Viv Stanshall ;-) To me, the Peddlers' take is the definitive version of "On a clear day you can see forever".