An obscure American set from the great UK arranger Johnny Keating – with groovy tunes that include "Loop De Loo", "Mambo Martino", "The Creep", "The Balboa", and "Sweet & Gentle" – plus a few hokier tunes, given a nice Keating twist! Great cover too! (Jazz, Now Sound) LP, Vinyl record album

One of the coolest classics from the glory days of the Italian soundtrack scene – a set that perfectly brings together all the funky, jazz, and mod-styled touches of the great Piero Piccioni – on a record that's maybe had more life over the years than the film did on the screen! The mix of instruments here is completely sublime – with some especially wonderful use of Hammond, but with very offbeat sounds – next to flute, warmer woodwinds, and some wicked basslines that hit the hippest sort of funk soundtrack modes. The recording quality is amazing, too – with unusual isolation and shading used on the instruments, to further make the sound magic – and titles include "Funky Lovers", "Pearls", "Slow Flute Beat", "Charms", "Brasil 2000", "Tears In Brasil", "Camille 2000", and "Tears In Rome". One of our all-time favorites – with 28 tracks in all, including some great alternate takes! (Soundtracks, Now Sound) CD

Get these records out of the trash and on to your turntable – because they're way too good to throw away! In fact, they're so good they're great – the kind of sweet little platters that were so ahead of their time, they were probably never appreciated back in the day – and which often have a kind of genre-hopping, category-stomping quality that makes them ripe for rediscovery all these many years later! As with other collections on the Stag-O-Lee label, there's a real love for the obscure going on here – and a fair bit of the tunes mix together raunchy rock or R&B instrumentation with lots of Latin or exotic currents in the rhythms. Titles on volume 4 include "Spooks" by Louis Armstrong, "Last Ride" by the Dukes, "Tormented" by Eddy Rogers, "Jazz Dramatic" by Det Moor Orchestra, "Midnight Rain" by Garry Warren, "Gray Skies" by Sheri Lee Douglas & The Gondoliers, "Just A Walkin Down The Street Of Regret" by Don Luce, "Creepin" by Starlighters, "The Raven" by Jackie Brooks, and "Foggy Mist" by Debbie Young. (Rock, Now Sound) LP, Vinyl record album