At number four in the Mondophonic Top Ten…

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And at number five on the Mondophonic Top Ten…

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But as a person who bought every single White put out on his Third Man label this year, I’ll take the Cartwright creations over Mr. White’s.

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The musicianship and production values surpass anything else I heard in 2010. It is rich and textured. It demands your attention while at the same time, sweeping you away into a trance.

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When I first head “Sheena’s Back In Town” I thought it was a lost R&B gem; maybe an unearthed King Coleman cut.

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Don’t miss the Mondophonic Top Ten, counting down the ten best albums from 2010 for the last ten days of the year.

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Don’t miss the Mondophonic Top Ten, counting down the ten best albums from 2010 for the last ten days of the year.

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Esquivel was an over-the-top arranger, an Ellington without limits living in a space-age bachelor pad.

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Bells, chimes, accordions, tubas, electric guitars, harmonizing brass, harmonicas, organs and xylophones all deliberately arranged to drive you nuts!

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On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me… Artist: Various Title: Merry Christmas Baby Label: Gusto K-5018X Released: 1978 Genre: R&B Gusto mined the vaults of King, Federal and Hollywood Records to assemble this collection. This budget line album from Gusto Records album leads of with another version of Charles Brown’s […]

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