In The Trashcan
Records GARBAGE177
"Under a cocoanut tree, at the other side of the beach,
there's a party with Tarzan eating gator tails and
monkey ribs..."
One of my all time fave jungle exotica instrumentals. These Pygmies have only this single, I'm told. Too bad. A 1963 Liberty release.
On the other side you'll find "The other side", another instrumental titty twister for Las Vegas on a dark night in 1963.
Jim Sundquist and Phil Humphrey met 1957 and formed The Fendermen in Wisconsin. Their debut 45 was this guitar instrumental on Soma Records, in 1959, a couple of months before they cut a hit record with their version of "Muleskinner blues". This is the flipside to "Don't you just know it".
No version can beat The Rangers' from , but this original version is undoubtedly the second best. Don Bowman (who later changed his name to Don Harris) and Dewey Terry formed The Squires in the mid-50s. Whey they broke up, they formed this successful duo, and recorded severel splendid records for Specialty.
The most famous composition of Edvard Grieg in a rock 'n' roll instrumental is absolutely normal when it's 1961.
Typical British guitar instrumental band, between Joe Meek and The Shadows. In the US 1959 was instro year; in the UK it was in 1961. In that year Decca released two more 45s by this combo. Then they dropped Nero and became The Gladiators.
Built around Dave Burgess and his saxophone "El rancho rock" never reached the success of Tequila. I think the flipside "Midnighter" is even better. A Challenge release from 1958.
The original vocal version was from 1948 by Kay Kyser. Emile Ford and his Checkmates had a big hit with it. I don't know who this is.
My two fave Spats songs are the garage stomper "She done moved" and "Go go Yamaha", featuring Dick Johnson. And third comes this strollin' r&b frat rocker from 1964 on ABC-Paramount.
B-side of "Gator tails", "The roach" is the next on their menu. Both songs also appear on their sole album "Cookin' with The Spats".
Mix a jerk tune with a latin flavour and the result is this: "Jerk a cha cha", an instrumental boogaloo orchestra song.
A bluesy jazz swinger with marimbas, double bass and a saxophone in a fast rhythm for jivers and swingers on the dance floor.
A saxophone fighting a double bass while the four vocalists are singing "Doin' 'em up" all the time. A 1955 release on Epic.
Horns announce it's swing time. Go! Go! Go! With the Treniers. Go and jive in '55.
Uknown artist. Do the wiggle and do the wobble all night long with this r&b instrumental. Slowed down it's the perfect popcorn tune. This is not the same version as the one on vol 178.
What an excellent mambo instrumental version of the Tito Puente song from 1958, which he recorded with the help of Willie Bobo and Mongo Santamaria.
