Hello and Some Recent Finds

I'm finally back. I haven't been around around recently for various reasons. Mainly, I had a bad sinus cold a few weeks ago, that turned into an ear infection and, finally, a shattered eardrum. I'm doing great now and my hearing is almost back to normal but I felt pretty lousy there for awhile. Amazing how weak something like that can leave you.

Because of my infirmary, I had to miss the St. Louis record show earlier this month. However, I've managed to get out in the wild and do some digging. So, in lieu of a list of record show finds, I thought that I'd share some of the other records I've picked up over the past month or so. There's a little bit of everything here.

Hank Ballard & the Midnighters - Keep On Dancing/Nothing But Good (King)
The Invictas - Breakout (20th Century Fox)
Brenda Lee - Let's Jump The Broomstick (Decca)
Albert King - Dyna Flow (King)
Bobby Marchan - Hooked (Cameo)
Freddy Cannon - Cincinnati Woman (Warner Bros.)
The Dave Clark Five - Five By Five (Epic)
The Aardvarks - Subconcious Train of Thought (Arch)
Googie Rene - The Slide (Rendezvous)
The Dodgers - Upturn (Top Rank)
Johnny Preston - Leave My Kitten Alone (Mercury)
Bill Doggett - Buttered Popcorn/The Slush (King)
Link Wray & the Wraymen - Slinky (Epic)
The Vibrations - Keep On Keeping On (OKeh)
Chuck Berry - Club Nitty Gritty (Mercury)
Cliff Richard - Dynamite (ABC-Paramount)
The Del Vikings - Little Billy Boy (Dot)
The Bobbettes - Speedy/Come-a Come-a (Atlantic)
Dale Hawkins - My Babe (Checker)
Bobby Day - The Bluebird, The Buzzard & The Oriole (Class)
Bobby Lewis - Oh Baby/Mumbles Blues (Mercury)
Betty Everett - Better Tomorrow Than Today (Uni)
George Stone - My Beat (Musicor)
The Boys In the Band - Sumpin Heavy (Spring)
Chubby Checker - Back In The U.S.S.R./Windy Cream (Buddah)
The Daydreams - Been Ready For A Long Time (Dynamo)
The Voxpoppers - Come Back Little Girl (Poplar)
David Knight - Hully Gully Baby (Jamco)
Buddy Ace - Jump Up And Shout (Duke)
Jackie Cray - Maybelle/I Want You Baby (Limelight)
Slade - O.K. Yesterday Was Yesterday (Warner Bros.)
Maureen Cannon - Mama-Come Save Your Child (Jubilee)
Gloria Walker & the Chevelles - Need of You (Flaming Arrow)
Johnny Maddox Orchestra featuring Jackie Little - Hands Off (Dot)
Jackie Wilson & Linda Hopkins - Yes Indeed (Brunswick)
The Visions - Tell Her Now (Coed)
Willard Posey Reunion - Medley: Cissy Strut/American Woman (Fame)
Willie Mitchell - Ooh Baby, You Turn me On (Hi)
Dennis Coffey & the Lyman Woodard Trio - It's Your Thing (Maverick)
Mr. Lee & the Caddies - Everybody's Going To the Party (ABC-Paramount)
Marty Robbins - Pretty Mama (Columbia)
Sanford Clark - 9 lb. Hammer/Ooh Baby (Dot)
Ramsey Lewis - Money In the Pocket (Cadet)
Funkadelic - I Wanna Know If It's Good To You? (Westbound)
Syndicate of Sound - Rumors (Bell)
The Isley Brothers - Pop That Thang (T Neck)

I'll be back soon with another post, complete with sound file.