"Straightaway" Jazz Theme - Maynard Ferguson

"Straigtaway" Jazz Theme - Maynard Ferguson.  This album could be a hold-over from Wacky Cover Week.  But wait - this baby is on Roulette Records.  Having read the Tommy James (Shondells) autobiography - we know plenty about that label!   More on this record:  It is Roulette SR 52076.  Trumpets: Maynard Ferguson, Chet Ferretti, Bill Berry, Don Rader.  Saxes: Willie Maiden, Lanny Morgan, Frank Hittner, Don Menza.  Trombones: Kenny Rupp, Ray Winslow.  Rhythm: Jaki Byard (piano), Rufus Jones (drums), John Neves (bass).  Arrangers: Willie Maiden, Don Sebetsky (as spelled on the LP).

Wacky Album Cover Week - last two

Wacky Album Cover Week - here are two more...

Wacky Album Cover Week - two more...

Wacky Album Cover Week - here are two more...thank you Radio Dave for donating these two gems to my collection. Radio Dave can be heard weekly on WSLR 96.5FM, where he hosts a program called Liner Notes.  http://wslr.org/program-schedule/  Thanks Dave...!

Wacky Cover Week: The 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics

Wacky Cover Week: The 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics.  I know by heart almost all of the medal winners from this Olympics...my favorite being Lasse Viren.  Sisu!

Wacky Cover Week - Blooming Hits: Paul Mauriat

Wacky Cover Week - Blooming Hits: Paul Mauriat.

Wacky Cover Week: Maxell Cassettes

Wacky Cover Week: Maxell Cassette Tapes Jazz.

Wacky Cover Week: Touch Typing

Touch Typing Made Easy - a Sound Teaching Method.

Wacky Cover Week: The Skater's Waltz and other favorite waltzes

The Skater's Waltz and other favorite waltzes.

Wacky Cover Week: Slow Walk Rock, with Sil Austin. An album for hip dancers

An album for "hip" dancers, apparently.

Humble Pie - Smokin' - a band The Black Crows admired

Humble Pie - Smokin'...Humble Pie.  In late 1968 Steve Marriott formed Humble Pie with Greg Ridley, Peter Frampton and Jerry Shirley who had been the drummer for the mod band Apostolic Intervention. They were signed to Andrew Loog Oldham's record label Immediate Records.  There were from England, finding success both in the UK and the US.  They are remembered for songs such as "Black Coffee" "30 Days in the Hole", "I Don't Need No Doctor", and "Natural Born Bugie". The original band lineup featured Steve Marriott from Small Faces, vocalist and guitarist Peter Frampton from The Herd, Greg Ridley former bassist from Spooky Tooth and seventeen-year-old drummer Jerry Shirley.  In late 1968 Steve Marriott formed Humble Pie with Greg Ridley, Peter Frampton and Jerry Shirley who had been the drummer for the mod band Apostolic Intervention.  They were signed to Andrew Loog Oldham's record label Immediate Records.  This was Humble Pie's first album after the departure of Peter Frampton, which put singer and co-founder Steve Marriott at its artistic center.   Smokin' is the band's best-selling album.  It includes dramatically slowed down versions of Eddie Cochran's "C'mon Everybody," Junior Walker's "Road Runner," and the wah-wah laden slow blues "The Fixer."  "You're So Good for Me", (click on this post's title) which begins as a delicate acoustic number, ultimately mutates into a full-bore gospel music rave-up, an element that would later influence bands like The Black Crowes.  From wiki...they are right about The Black Crows really tapping HP, even with the harmonics.