R&B / jazz ~ New York 1962

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Not to be confused with blues singer, Bobo Jenkins, or middleweight boxing champ, Carl 'Bobo' Olson, this obscure 45 tells a short story of the man known only as Bobo, a "most famous unknown..."
An accomplished musician and rumored silent music mogul, Bobo was at the top of mid 50s "bohemian cool". He mixed with the social elite as well as the working classes, and yet his true identity is still unknown today, as it was then, to the many musicians and music lovers who mingled with him at the time.

Around 1947-48, before his rise and bit out of date, purported to be one of the few early photos of Bobo as a young man.
Al 'Dr. Horse' Pittman sums up Bobo perfectly with his Fire label 45 from 1962.

hillbilly country ~ Detroit 1950

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I first heard 'The Tattooed Lady' played during 'The Dr. Demento Show' on KFAT, a radio station out of Gilroy, California. Spent years trying to find it, mostly at record shows.

Recorded in Detroit, this is Skeet's first record and recording, pressed on 78 and 45 rpm in 1950.
Skeets was originally from Arkansas, but moved to Detroit in the early 1930s.
It's amazing this record has survived this long. The flip side is, 'Mean And Evil Blues' with Johnnie White accompaniment.
A hillbilly country gem.

Somewhere in Los Angeles - Skeets in 1954.

soul / jazz vocal ~ Los Angeles 1965

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The single from Marvin's only LP on Palomar c.1965
The flip side is, 'Rainy Day In L.A.'

Jazz composer/pianist Marvin Jenkins started recording in the early 60s releasing a few of his own LPs while also playing and contributing on others' jazz recordings.
The Los Angeles Palomar record label released about fifteen other records, but only existed from 1963 to '65.
Marvin also had one another 45 on the Palomar label, 'I've Got The Blues (What Should I Do)'.

rock / folk-rock ~ Los Angeles 1996

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David Roback (1958-2020) & Hope Sandoval

One of those songs one might feel ends too soon. Perhaps a bit more of a straight forward acoustic folk sound than some of their others.
Singer/songwriter/guitarist David Roback's early Los Angeles based bands, The Rain Parade and Opal both had similar ethereal, melancholy-psych drone sounds as Mazzy Star. His writing skills, production and arrangements really crystallized with the exit of former Opal bassist and singer Kendra Smith in 1987.
The consequent addition of singer/songwriter Hope Sandoval in 1989 created Mazzy Star's distinct sound.
This song is included on their 1996 LP, 'Among My Swan'. Not sure how many 45s were pressed. 'I've Been Let Down' never charted. Released as a "jukebox only" single.

early R&B ~ Los Angeles 1952

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With Chuck Higgins and his Mellotones backing, this was Johnny 'Guitar' Watson's first vocal and first recording put on a 45. He played piano on this side with Chuck Higgins playing saxophone.
Great early R&B sound, but really in the tradition of a "Jump Blues" style one might hear in the late 1940s a few years before.
The flip side is 'Pachuko Hop' by Chuck Higgins and his Mellotones. John Watson recorded another version of 'Motor Head Baby' a year later in 1953, as the Young John Watson on the Federal label.

rock / grunge ~ Los Angeles 1992

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7 " UK green press - B-side flip to ' Everglade '
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hard rock / glam ~ 1975

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Recorded in London in 1975. A song from their 1976 LP, 'Give Us A Wink'.

yé-yé pop ~ 1966 France

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I've always liked hearing ye-ye pop filles doing cover songs. Je ne parle pas français. But one doesn't have to know French to enjoy ye-ye pop, or chanteuse chanson.
French born actress/singer, Marie Laforêt recorded and released about twenty 45s/EPs in France, starting in the early 60s through the 70s.
Though looking at the writers credits on the label, M. Jagger - K. Richards - M. Jourdan, I was surprised at seeing M. Jourdan, a third writer?
After a few listens, 'Marie Douceur - Marie Colere' just sounds like a dark, folky, psychedelic cover of the Rolling Stones classic. Upon further listening, I waited for the "Noir", as in "paint it..." but it never comes.
It is not 'Peint Le En Noir'. The lyrics are completely different. It is a song called, 'Soft Mary, Angry Mary'. Michel Jourdan, the third writer, wrote completely different lyrics to the same chords/melody as the original Jagger/Richards tune.

Just as haunting as the original. Never assume you know anyone completely...?

'Soft Mary that is how you nicknamed me
Of course, you think you know me better than anyone else
Angry Mary also exists, so pay good attention
I've already said it to you a hundred thousand times in every key

Soft Mary has a lot, a lot of patience
Yes but one day you will see when joining the dance
Angry Mary with lightning in her eyes
I know which one will be more afraid of the two us

Soft Mary is much too gentle with you
If you insist on looking at the other girls
Angry Mary will no longer accept it
And she will jump on you with all claws unsheathed

Soft Mary loves to sing ballads
But do not rely on it too much, good advice, take care
Angry Mary adores loud voices
Now, choose between me and the other girls

Soft Mary that is how you nicknamed me
Of course, you think you know me better than anyone else
Angry Mary is now there, right in front of you
Soft Mary is already nothing more than a memory'

garage rock instrumental ~ Louisiana 1966

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The Bad Boys were from Maryland. Recorded in Shreveport, LA. The band originally started out as Billy John and the Continentals around 1964. They became The Bad Boys in '66 and released this, their only 45.
Rumors had Southern rock multi-instrumentalist/composer, Charlie Daniels (Marshall Tucker Band/The Charlie Daniels Band) playing lead guitar on this... Though he did co-produce this side with Ray Allen, lead guitar was actually played by Demetri Callas...with Gary St.Clair (bass & Hammond B3), Danny Conway (drums).

This is the b-side flip to, 'Love'.

R&B / blues ~ Ohio 1955

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Champion Jack Dupree ... 1910 - 1992

pop - easy listening / Now Sound ~ NY 1967

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experimental rock ~ San Francisco 1986

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Resident guitarist (The Residents - San Francisco), writer/composer, multi-instrumentalist,
Philip 'Snakefinger' Lithman ... 1949 – 1987