Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:48:50 GMT Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:48:50 GMT
I bought this one for the cover. I've seen this cover a few times, but never really noticed the woman's hand in the foreground. It's on now.



Click to hear Come Fly With Me

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While the show goes on in all three rings, the REAL heros are the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Band. It doesn't get any better than this! The band is conducted by the internationally famous Merle Evans, who leads the band with his left hand while playing brilliantly on the cornet with his right. Enjoy this rousing selection.

Bring on the Clown Car!



Click to hear Quality Plus

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Names like Louis Prima and the Sherman Brothers grace this soundtrack recording of the Disney classic. With The Shaggy Dog under Disney's belt, it was just a matter of time before the cat card was played. Disney slapstick at its best.

NOTE: No music link with this one - I haven't come across a copy that wasn't so well loved it was almost unplayable. Kid's love Disney records to death!



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A great glossy painterly cover, this one also featured a small booklet in an inside pocket: A Complete Bullfight with Pictures in Full Color. The booklet features different attacks and "moves" of the Matador with illustrations throughout.



Click to hear La Virgen de la Macarena

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Billy May takes the bandstand and Frank does his coo-coo thing.



Click to hear Come Dance With Me

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Click to hear El Mariachi

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No, Rochester isn't on this one - but Jack Benny and his unique style of violin make a cameo on this Dennis Day Christmas favorite.

Dennis Day worked with Jack Benny in radio and television for many years and probably realized the marketing potential of having Jack on the cover. The first track on the album (below) is a short selection that illustrates just how little Jack Benny would be needed musically on this album. The joke continues to the end of the first side where Benny quips that he's "not getting any younger" waiting to play his part on the album. At the end he finally gets to say Merry Christmas.

The album is traditional American Christmas at its best - right down to the middle kid's black eye. Somebody got a Daisy BB gun...



Click to hear I'm Ready Dennis

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I say "series" because I realized while the very colorful sleeve says "Cha-Cha Mambos," the record inside said "Rhumbas." Somewhere there is an equally wonderful cover with my record in it. I was also surprised to find an Arthur Murray Dance Certificate. Good for two introductory dance lessons. Just enough to get you hooked.



Click to hear Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps

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Manufactured by Monogram Records, NY - but on a SuperTone label from Trinidad, these records are a treat! Each song is a toe-tapper. Some of the tunes on this album are Calypso standards, but I must say - I have yet to come across another group that did this particular gastronomical selection.

I am also very fond of the tall sort of logo treatment artwork on the back of the album.



Click to hear Pig Knuckles and Rice

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This was a cover buy for sure. I should play this one day...



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