One Night In Essen - the 'House of Wax' mix

This mix is inspired by my recent sessions at one of Sydney's finest weekend destinations 'House of Wax' at the Essen Restaurant. H.O.W. is run by Sir Robbo and Willo, who, along with monthly guests spin tasty selections of soul, jazz, Jamaican and other cool soulful sounds, strictly vinyl only. I've chosen this time to stick to bongo crazy, Caribbean and Latin laced workouts. Starting with the great Dave Bartholomew, whose band leading skills on Fats Domino and Smiley Lewis sides, amongst others, are legendary. This track Cat Music sets the scene perfectly for what's to follow. He's so cool in fact I've dropped 2 of his tracks. Joe Lutcher's 'Ojai' is a killer track I discovered at a H.O.W. session when it hit the decks during soundmeister Brent Clough's set. I couldn't get there fast enough to check it. The rest of the mix is, mostly a collection of 7" treasures gathered over the decades, with lashings of cool doo-wop, bongo workouts, Joe Meek with Hot Pot (madness), more New Orleans calypso tinged tunes and early '60s groovy weirdness. So, get on yer goatee, sneakers and twistin' slacks and dig the sounds down to the ground. I raise my guava daiquiri to The House of Wax - Here's the LINK

1. Dave Bartholomew - Cat Music - Imperial - Shrimp & Gumbo
2. Joe Lutcher & his Orchestra - Ojai - Modern
3. Clyde McPhatter & the Drifters - Such a Night - Atlantic
4. Huey 'Piano' Smith & His Clowns - We Like Birdland - ACE - Having a Good Time
5. Blinky Allen - The Battle Of Beatnik Bay - Personality
6. The Sheppards - Cool Mambo - Theron Records
7. The Jarmels - A Little Bit Of Soap - Laurie Records
8. Richard Berry & the Pharoahs - Have Love Will Travel - Flip
9. Jimmy Yancey - Lion's Den - Black Gold
10. Jimmy McGriff - Step One - Solid State
11. Big Black - Down On The Beach - UNI
12. Joe Meek - Hot Pot - Decca
13. Preston Epps - Bongo Rock '65 - Polo Records
14. Kenneth Young & the English Muffins - Freddy's Street - Diamond Records Inc.
15. Mr Gamma Goochie Himself - Sweet Violets - Colpix Records
16. The Incredible Bongo Band - Bongolia - MGM
17. Sweets Reed - Knock Knees - Fantastic Records
18. The Five Blobs - The Blob - Columbia
19. Swinging Earls - Yum Yum - Vega
20. Cookie & the Cupcakes - I'm Twisted - ACE
21. Elmore James - Can't Stop Lovin' - ACE
22. Joe 'Guitar' Morris - The Git Back - Ron
23. Dave Bartholomew - Shrimp and Gumbo - Imperial