THANKS, BABY ! ! !

What do you mean by "oddball" ?
This one would be a good illustration : fast running piano, mad sax, stupid vocals... What else ?

Henri Rene "Thanks Baby"

Comp' review # 2 : KATANGA ! , AHABE CASABE, ZOOBA !

Dear you,

Not very fresh... here the review for 3 sleazy and shakin' comp's I bought a couple of mounths ago...

KATANGA !

First volume of a new serie by the tiny german label Spoonful... A nice 10 inches records ( + red limited edition)...
A dancin' travel from wild blues to popcornish shaker !

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Side 1: 

CLAUS OGERMAN ORCHESTRA  Green Onions 

ARTIE BARSAMIN & ORCHESTRA Nene Aman

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1apAhS_M3M )

PRINCE CONLEY Im Going Home 

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqpuSC3I5SM )

JOE VALINO Everything I Touch Turns To Gold 

CHANCE HALLADAY  Lucky Me 

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1xcwEk1YiU )

THE CHIEFS  Apache

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmiUlyc3csU )

Side 2: 

IKE TURNER & HIS KINGS OF RHYTHM  Katanga 

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UEPOzZlDAc )

JIMMY RUSHING  Where Were You? 

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sd0-f_0tnTQ )

EDDIE COLE & THE THREE PEPPERS  Police 

SONNY TIL AND THE ORIOLES  Hey! Little Woman 

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8RTfMd8l8U )

EMMET DAVIS  Woke Up This Morning 

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwIOKge0r4g )

CLASSIE BALLOU  Classie's Whip

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28Eo0NNOh1Y )

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AHBE CASABE

Second issue of this Spoonfull records new serie... another exotic dancin' travel...
 Takin' off on Egyptian Thema, trippin' on Jamaican Calypso and landin' on Popcornish Killer...

Front cover

Side 1: 

JACK LA FORGE  Cleopatra Kick

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIehKTa8_6Y )

MARTI BARRIS  Ahbe Casabe

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah4CNw42kE8 )

STEVE ARLEN  They Took John Away 

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V52e8RTeGkw )

BRUCE CLOUD  Lucky Is My Name 

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dv36jYQ9DA )

DICKIE THOMPSON  Thirteen Women And One Man 

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awALFe_3uUk )

RENE HALL AND HIS BAND  Cleo

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHXRFjAUfAs )

Side 2: 

MACHITO AND HIS ORCHESTRA  Asia Minor 

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixB9RIqE558 )

MAMIE PERRY  Lament 

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uesZaljG4o )

BILL HALEY AND HIS COMETS  Chick Safari 

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo1d45VLE_w )

LORD KITCHENER  Big Bamboo 

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLa0uuRmurM )

JAMIE COE  Cleopatra 

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8ofRU0jCfM )

KIP TYLER  Shadow Street.

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcIOlAEDjFk )

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ZOOBA !

Second volume of the Va Va Voom series... Mr Floridita comes back with another selection of 16 early 60's instrumental shakers... rockin'instro, surf, tittyshaker, jerk...and more.

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Side A:

THE BIG SOUND OF DON RALKE  Zooba !

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu9rTtixGhY )

TONNI KALASH  The Boss

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3azC3t_R70 )

HUGO MONTENEGRO & ORCHESTRA  Hot crawfish

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoV8tlNjHIg )

THE EMBLEM'S  The thrust (pt 1)

JEFF GORDON & THE SUMMITS  Freeway

THE GIGOLO'S  Movin'Out

THE MYSTERIONS  Down hill

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75uIIPh_yxs )

TREMOLOS The weird one

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6gEDbRqPgM )

Side B :

CHARLIE RUSSO & HIS ORCHESTRA  Goofin

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3VIIEVI4v0 )

HENRY CLEMENT & THE TROJANS Trojan's walla

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oG70NggnMw )

LES FORMIDABLES  Unchained my heart

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTIPEzFajQ8 )

THE KEYMEN  Gazackstahagen

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jLzVISh8BU )

LAFAYETTE & THE LASABRES  Free way

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXlxCd4A7l0 )

THE JONES BOYS  Honky

THE SPINNERS  Boomerang

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orf_xNklDXo )

L. HOLLIS & THE MACK-A-DO's  Bui bui

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_cYLOE3Q2A )

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Spoonfull records just released 2 new volumes... reviews will come soon...

Comp' review # 1 : VA ! VA VOOM ! vol1

Here is a new comp' released on Floridita Records.

Mr Floridita cooked for this first volume, a nice menu of 16 early 60's instrumental Shakers. ( Surf music, French freak beat, Mod instro and many more shakin'style...)

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Track list :

Let's Go Jimmy Riddle 

S & L Dondi 

The Sheik Ray Ellis 

( http://youtu.be/wNv9iqL4w14 )

Blackslop Baby Earl & The Trini-dads 

( http://youtu.be/9SpLGxin06Y )

The Worm Bill Doggett 

( http://youtu.be/I0qdYTmQnuQ )

Feznecky JC Davis

( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-_n65aMfrQ&feature=share&list=PL828B6BC1FC5C0E0C )

Strange Cargo Sleepy Summers

( http://youtu.be/gRR6h_KCC9M )

Northin' Spinners

Va Va Voom Chris Towns

( http://youtu.be/UUKOHEerp0g )

Black Crack Shandells

Twist Cha-cha Don Caron

Summit Ridge Drive Buddy Harmon

Gribouille Les Gottamou

( http://youtu.be/QPzkK3Hax-U )

Big Feet The Tikis

( http://youtu.be/i2OdrJT0V0I )

Fat Man The T-K-O's

( http://youtu.be/ypl554Lm-6k )

One More Time Pt.1 Bowlegs

( http://youtu.be/Z1HV7uKednE )

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Next volume is comin'...

Oooooooh PIG-TAIL !

I love that nice instro with a funny and sleazy spoken word "PIGTAIL"...sounding like the perfect track for a burlesque show...

The label artwork is also very interesting.

The following soundclip is from my own original copy, sorry for the noisy marks.