Harmonica & Percussion - Boris Draper

Chiri Biri Bin

Harmonica & Percussion
Boris Draper

Design: Sam Suliman
Coronet Records CXS-137

Old Devil Moon
Wish You Were Here
Cheyenne
Chiri Biri Bin (this is now the title is spelled on the back cover)
Nellie Blye
La Paloma
In The Still Of The Night
September Song
Slaughter On 10th Ave.
Yellow Rose Of Texas

Bossa Nova! - Rene Touzet

Theme From "Lawrence Of Arabia"

Bossa Nova!
Brazil To Hollywood
Rene Touzet And His Orchestra
Gene Norman Presents
GNP Crescendo Records
GNP 87
1963

From the back cover: Rene Touzet, in his twelfth album appearance for GNP-Crescendo Records, endows this "new wave" with new ideas of his own; retaining the irresistible flavor of genuine Brazillian music, but creating at the same time a subtle new feeling of his own. The tempos are designed for dancing; the arrangements are ripe with the Touzet melodic magic – and it all adds up to the next best things to being in Brazil!

The "dance step" insert is credited to the Arthur Murray Dance Studios.

This is another super Touzet/Space Age/Bossa/Jazz blend.

Samba Bossa
Theme From "Lawrence Of Arabia"
Desafinado
Bossa Nova Holiday
Ho-B-La-La
Little Bird
Meditacao
Days Of Wine And Roses
One Note Samba
Watermelon Man
Theme From "Dime With A Halo"
Bossa Nova Di Qualquiera

Cry Me A River - House Party - The Big Hits

Cry Me A River

The Big Hits
House Party Series
Columbia - CL2574

10 inch disc featuring an obscure and sex cover of Cry My A River by Jill Corey.

M*A*S*H - Al De Lory

Spooky

Al De Lory Plays The Song From M*A*S*H
Arrangements Al De Lory, Mort Garson and Benny Golson
Produced by Phil Wright
Capitol ST-477
1970

From Billboard - July 25, 1970: Al DeLory has been getting wide exposure with his single, "Song From M*A*S*H." It's the leadoff item in this package, a strong start for any LP, but this keyboard lead on "Rainy Night In Georgia," "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head," "Everything Is Beautiful." "Bridge Over Troubled Water" and "The Letter" are instrumental gems, too.

Song From M*A*S*H
Evil Ways
Rainy Night In Georgia
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
Feeling Of Love
The Letter
Everything Is Beautiful
Spooky
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Hey There Lonely Girl

Circus In Town! - Merle Evans

High Sway Pole

Circus In Town!
Merle Evans and his Circus Band
Decca Records DL 79058

Midway Scene
Grand Entry
Elephants
Liberty Horses
Chinese Display
Chimpanzees
Clowns
Bears
High Sway Pole
Flying Trapeze
Acrobats
Grand Finale

Nashville Country Singers

Nature Boy

Nashville Country Singers
Hits of Nat King Cole & Frank Sinatra
Mountain Dew Records
S7030

Rambling Rose
Young At Heart
Straighten Up And Fly Right
Mona Lisa
Come Fly With Me
South Of The Border
Strangers In The Night
Too Young
Witchcraft
Nature Boy

Ciao Ragazzi! - Dom Cortese

Ciao Ragazzi!
Great Italian Hits
Dom Cortese & Co.
Monitor MFS 706

Surprisingly good, although at times uneven, space age pop accordion set, helped along by the following pro studio group.

Dom Cortese - Accordion
Al Caiola - Electric Guitar
Phil Bodner - Winds
Robert Haggart - Bass Guitar
Allen Hanlon - Guitar/Mandolin
William Lavorgna - Percussion

The set is available online as "Summertime In Venice" featuring different cover art (so I will not be posting a sample).

'Na Voce 'Na Chitarra
Munesterio 'E Santa Chiara
Scalinatello (Stairway To The Sea)
Mariarosa Alla Festa Va!
Anema E Core
Come Prime
Ciao Ragazzi, Ciao (Goodbye, Boys, Goodbye)
A Man Without Love (Quando M'Innamoro)
Vagabond Lover (O Sarracino)
Souvenir D'Italie
Only With You (lo Sono Te)
Summertime in Venice Tempo D' Estate (a Venezia)

The Now Sound Of Sandi & Salli

I Can't Stop Running Away

Lawrence Welk Presents
The Now Sound Of Sandi & Salli
Arranged by Frank Scott & Bob Smale
Ranwood Records
R8069

Everybody's Talkin'
Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
Put A Little Love In Your Heart
Early In The Morning
For Once In My Life
I'll Never Fall In Love Again
Help Yourself
Try A Little Kindness
We'll Make It To The Moon
I Can't Stop Running Away

An Evening With The Flames - George Abdo

An Evening With The Flames
George Abdo and his Flames Of Araby Orchestra
Music Of The Near East
Cover models: Dancer Kazandra, Vina and Tom Haddad
Produced by Rik Tinory
Recorded at RFT Music Productions
The Flames Of Araby Record Company
A3124
1968

The set is available online as part of the Monitor catalog (so I will not be posting a sample) featuring an image from the Monitor vinyl release (MFS 721).

This release seems to be a more obscure release/cover (self-produced?).

The set is a good one, in the sense that the engineering is excellent compared to many of these more traditional "near east" recordings.

El Badree (Dance and Rejoice)
Ilhak Halak (Beware of Love)
Ya Wail (Don't Play With Fire)
Dance: Flames of Araby
Ya Karim Allaly (Under the Grapevine)
Al Asforieh (You're Driving Me Crazy)
Shuty Ya Dini (Rains of Spring)
Do Oul Mazahir (A Taste of Wine)
Arabic Fantasy (Dance)
Ya Gameel (Arabic Love Ballad)

We Love To Cha Cha Cha - La Playa Sextet

Cha Cha On Parade (Castellanos)

All The World Is Going Cha Cha (Rossi)

We Love To Cha Cha Cha
La Playa Sextet
Al Castellanos
Sonny Rossi
Mardi Gras Records, Inc. - N.Y.C.
LP-5008

Peppy period Cha Cha split set (Castellanos/Rossi) featuring this smoking hot cover art and one solo vocal track that sounds like filler if you compare the sound to rest of the set (sample above). The vocalist might be "Sonny Rossi"(?).

International Cha Cha Cha
Como Como Cha Cha
Say Say Merengue
Pla Pla Pla Cha Cha
Cha Cha On Parade
Italian Boy Cha Cha Cha
Coa Coa Cha Cha
Heart And Soul Cha Cha Cha
Shoemaker's Cha Cha
All The World Is Going Cha Cha