レコ屋が開いていない時間を利用して観光も少し。セントラル・パーク内にあるストロベリー・フィールズではヒッピー風の若者がアコギを片手に「HERE COMES THE SUN」を歌っておりました。好きな曲ではありますが、ここではジョンの曲を歌うべきではないのかと問い詰めたいところではあったものの英語力の問題で断念。
NEW YORKから移転してきたGIMMIE GIMMIE RECORDSからも程近い、STONES THROWクルーも御用達らしいメキシカン・レストラン。他にも何店舗か展開していますが、雰囲気ヨシかつ酒も置いている本店(?)のこちらがベスト。名前のとおり魚介中心ながらパストールも絶品。私はいつもセルフサービスのサルサを本来の小さいカップではなく水を入れるコップにドカ盛りしてしまいます。
LAの観光名所的名店PINK'Sよりも洒落乙でモダーンなHOT DOG屋。ビビるくらいウマい。近日中にビールも飲めるようになるらしいとの嬉しい情報もアリ。古着屋さん、雑貨屋さん、レコ屋にはお馴染みPCC(ここ数年中古レコード方面はヒド過ぎて泣ける)やPoo-Bah Record Shopからも近い。ただし昼時は行列必死。
Staples center近くにあるサブ屋。ローストビーフのシズり具合が最高!最近魔法のソースを催促しないと出してくれなくなったらしいので要注意。歩くにはややキツイ距離にある、Detroit出身のFUNKいい男SCOTTがセレクトしたレコードを置く洒落乙書店LAST BOOK STOREにて、彼女は洋書、アナタはレコードとお互い満足のいく買い物が出来ることを約束したいものです。斜め向いのお洒落な酒屋は地ビール、地ワイン充実でこれまたオススメ。
BLUE NILE / STAY /12"
PREFAB SPROUT / IF YOU DON'T LOVE ME / 12"
TACO / PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ / 12"
WALLY BADAROU / CHIEF INSPECTOR / LP
WALLY BADAROU / ECHOES / LP
PETER GORDON / INNOCENT / LP
POOL / DANCE IT DOWN / JAMAICA RUNNING / 12"
TONY BANKS / THIS IS LOVE / CHARM / 12"
ZAZOU BIKAYE / MR. MANAGER / LP
BURUNDI BLACK / BURUNDI BLACK / 12"
JAN HAMMER GROUP / MELODIES / LP
GEORGE MURIBUS / BRAZILIAN TAPESTRY / LP
DON MENZA / FIRST FLIGHT / LP
PAT METHENY GROUP / LETTER FROM HOME / LP
RAUL DE SOUZA / SWEET LUCY / LP
BEN E. KING / ROUGH EDGES / LP
JBL/ SESSIONS / 2LP
DENNIS COFFEY AND THE DETROIT GUITAR BAND / ELECTRIC COFFEY / LP
KING ERRISSON / L.A. BOUND / LP
BERNARD WRIGHT / NARD / LP
SPANKY WILSON / LET IT BE / LP
JOE QUIJANO / FIDDLER ON THE ROOF GOES LATIN / LP
AFRO BLUES QUINTET PLUS ONE / INTRODUCING / LP
CHEO FELICIANO / WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS / LP
EDDIE PALMIERI / RECORDED LIVE AT SING SING / LP
GIANTS / GIANTS / LP
MONGO SANTAMARIA / FUEGO / LP
IRAKERE / ORQUESTA SINFONICA NACIONAL / LP
IRAKERE / CHEKERE SON / LP
IRAKERE / 2 / LP
ORCHESTRA HARLOW / PRESENTA A ISMAEL MIRANDA / LP
SORROWS / CRYIN' TIME / 7"
SORROWS / TEENAGE HEARTBREAK / 7"
BADFINGER / BECAUSE I LOVE YOU / 7"
CHOIR / IT'S COLD OUTSIDE / I'M GOING HOME / 7"
SIDEWINDERS / SIDEWINDERS / LP
MOSQUITOS / THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW! / LP
PEZBAND / COVER TO COVER / LP
PEZBAND / PEZBAND / LP
HEATHEN GIRLS / HEATHEN GIRLS / LP
CARLOS SILVA & TWICE / CARLOS SILVA & TWICE / LP
LUXURY / EP #1 / 12"
GREG KIHN BAND / ROADRUNNNER (FM VERSION) / 12"
ANDY & DAVID WILLIAMS / MEET ANDY & DAVID WILLIAMS / LP
O.S.T. / COME ON AND ZOOM / LP
BOBBY BYRNE / SHADES OF BRASS / LP
STRAWBERRY ALARM CLOCK / TOMORROW / BIRDS IN MY TREE / 7"
ASTRAL SCENE / ASTRAL PROJECTION / LP
THE TWO DOLLAR QUESTION ./ AUNT MATILDA'S ~ / CINCINNATI LIVE SONG/ 7"
PARADE / FROG PRINCESS / HALLELUJAH ROCKET / 7"
FOUR KING COUSINS / INTRODUCING / LP
PAUL WILLIAMS / SOMEDAY MAN / LP
THE MONKEES / SOMEDAY MAN / LISTEN TO THE BAND / 7"
PEPPERMINT TROLLEY COMPANY / BABY YOU COME~/ 9 O'CLOCK BUSINESS ~/ 7"
EARTH, WIND AND FIRE / EARTH, WIND AND FIRE / LP
PIECES / PIECES / LP
NORMAN CONNORS / THIS IS YOUR LIFE / LP
COLLAGE / GET IN TOUCH / LP
RASA / EVERYTHING YOU SEE IS ME / LP
2 PLUS 2 / BUENOS AMIGOS / LP
LULU / LULU / LP
PATTY WEAVERS / FEELINGS / LP
PRINCE / PRINCE / LP
RON FURR / ALL BECAUSE OF YOU / LP
THE DISTANT GALAXY / THE SOUND OF SILENCE / LADY MADONNA / 7"
DONALD BYRD / BLACK BYRD / SLOP JAR BLUES / 7"
GABOR SZABO / BABY RATTLE SNAKE / KEEP SMILIN' / 7"
HUGH MASEKELA & THE UNION OF SOUTH AFRICA / DYAMBO (DEE-YAMBO) / 7"
AVERAGE WHITE BAND / PERSON TO PERSON / CUT THE CAKE / 7"
WILLIE HENDERSON & THE SOUL EXPLOSIONS / FUNKY CHIKEN / 7"
BOBBY RUSH / CHICKEN HEADS / MARY JANE / 7"
FABULOUS COUNTS / GIRL FROM KENYA / JAN JAN / 7"
REUBEN WILSON / THE CISCO KID / GROOVE GREASE / 7"
LITTLE BEAVER /JOEY / FUNKADELIC SOUND / 7"
BILL MOSS / SOCK IT TO 'EM SOUL BROTHER / INST. / 7"
QUEEN / ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST / DON'T TRY SUICIDE / 7"
THE POLITICIANS / FREE YOUR MIND / LOVE MACHINE / 7"
JODI GALES / YOU GOTTA PUSH / (INSTRUMENTAL) / 7"
DENNIS COFFEY AND THE DETROIT GUITAR BAND / TAURUS ./ CAN YOU FEEL IT / 7"
DENNIS COFFEY AND THE DETROIT GUITAR BAND / SCORPIO / SAD ANGEL / 7"
WINSTONS / AMEN, BROTHER / COLOR HIM FATHER / 7"
TEEGARDEN & VANWINKLE / GOD, LOVE, & ROCK & ROLL / WORK ME TOMORROW / 7"
BROAD STREET GANG / FREE THE BLACK MAN'S CHAIN / 7"
BOBBY BYRD / NEVER GET ENOUGH / MY CONCERTO / 7"
BILLY GUY & THE ODDS N' ENDS / LOOKIN' LIKE A NUT NUT / HERE 'TIS / 7"
ART BENTON / NO VAVANCY / YOUR LOVE KEEPS TURNING ME ON / 7"
KOOL AND THE GANG / GET DOWN ON IT / 7"
HOT ICE / GOOSEY LOOSEY PT. I / PT. II / 7"
LUTHER / IT'S GOOD FOR THE SOUL PT.I / PT.II / 7"
TE YOUNG PROFESSIONALS / LET'S GET IT ON PART I / PART I & II / 7"
MARVIN GAYE / SEXUAL HEALING / 7"
BLACKBYRDS / WALKING IN RHYTHM / BABY / 7"
ARCHIE BELL & THE DRELLS / TIGHTEN UP / PART II / 7"
BARBARA MASON / YES I'M READY / KEEP HIM / 7"
BETTY WRIGHT / CLEAN UP WOMAN / I'LL LOVE YOU FOREVER / 7"
LA RONDALLITA / EL BURRITO DE BELEN / 7"
STEVIE WONDER / ANOTHER STAR / CREEPIN / 7"
SENOR SOUL / IT'S YOUR THING / SOME GOT IT, SOME DON'T / 7"
YAMBU / SUNNY DISCO VERSION / SHORT VERSION / 7"
ZIMBO TRIO / REZA / GAROTA DE IPANEMA / 7"
MONGO SANTAMARIA / LAST TANGO IN PARIS / TEMINHA PRA BEBE / 7"
BOBBY RODRIQUEZ Y LA COMPANIA / WHAT HAPPNED / LA MAS FEA / 7"
ORQUESTA EXITO / PANAMA / LA COMEDIA DEL DOLOR / 7"
MICKEY HERNANDEZ / LE DICEN LA NEGRA / SOY CHICANO, SI SENOR / 7"
SANTOS COLON / SIGUE TU CAMINO / SIEMPRE POR SIEMPRE / 7"
HARVEY AVERNE BAND / COME BACK BABY / STAND / 7
LES McCANN / FISH THIS WEEK / 2LP
RODNEY FRANKLIN/ RODNEY FRANKLIN / LP
T.S. MONK / HOUSE OF MUSIC / LP
DONALD BYRD / STEPPING INTO TOMORROW / LP
MARLENA SHAW / WHO IS THIS BITCH, ANYWAY? /LP
NANCY WILSON / MUSIC ON MY MIND / LP
TAJ MAHAL / MO' ROOTS / LP
DUKE TUMATOE AND THE ALL STAR / FROGS RED PEPPER HOT! / LP
FAITH BAND / EXCUSE ME…I JUST CUT AN ALBUM / LP
MONTAGE / PROJECT ONE / LP
WET WILLIE / WHICH ONE'S WILLIE? / LP
CORY DAYE / CORY AND ME / LP
JOE WILLIAMS AND THAD JONES MEL LEWS THE JAZZ ORCHESTRA / S.T. / LP
THE NOW GENERATION / HITS ARE OUR BUSINESS / LP
BO DIDDLEY / BIG BAD BO / LP
BABE RUTH / FIRST BASE / LP
DETECTIVE / IT TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE / LP
THE FABULOUS CONTI FAMILY / SOUNDS OF AMERICA (AR 3219) / LP
THE FABULOUS CONTI FAMILY / SOUNDS OF AMERICA (CR 3220) / LP
FABULOUS CONTI FAMILY / FAMILY POWER / LP
SUE RANEY / WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS / LP
ANITA KERR SINGERS / ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE / LP
MAGNI WENTZEL / ALL OR NOTHING AT ALL / LP
BOBBI ROGERS / TOMMY WOLF CAN REALLY HANG YOU UP THE MOST / LP
KIM PARKER AND THE KENNY DREW TRIO / HAVIN' MYSELF A TIME / LP
BOBBE NORRIS / CLOSE UP / LP
BRUCE CAMERON JAZZ ENSEMBLE / WITH ALL MY LOVE / LP
NADINE JANSEN TRIO / 9 LIVE ONES FROM HTE FAT CAT / LP
THE FRED RAULSTON QUARTET / WOULD YOU BELIEVE / LP
MOSAIC / MOSAIC / LP
FREDDY COLE / SING / LP
LASO / LASO / LP
SEAWIND / SEAWIND / LP
ALAN LORBER ORCHESTRA / LOTUS PLACE / LP
GINA LOMBARD / GINA LOMBARD SINGS / LP
MICHEL LEGRAND & CO / LE JAZZ GRAND / LP
TONY HATCH / A LATIN HAPPENING / LP
TALYA FERRO / LOOK AT ME / LP
PETER DUCHIN / TRANSITION! / LP
PRIMO KIM / TO BE NEAR / LP
ITHACA VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE / SONG FOR THE ASKING / LP
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE SINGING SERGEANTS / STARDUST / LP
THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS JAZZ BAND / THE WORLD OF JAZZ / LP
MacARTHUR HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ BAND 1 / PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION / LP
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN JAZZ ENSEMBLE I / S.T. / LP
CAPITAL UNIVERSITY JAZZ ROCK ENSEMBLE / S.T. / LP
V.A. / WEBN THE VINYL DAYS / LP
V.A. / WEBN THE ALBUM PROJECT #2 / LP
FALCONAIRES/ SNAKE CREEK DIVERSION PROJECT / LP
MACH ONE / MACH ONE / LP
AVERAGE WHITE BAND / AVERAGE WHITE BAND / LP
MEL BROWN / THE WIZARD / LP
BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS/ MIRROR IMAGE / LP
BARRABAS / BARRABAS (RCA) / LP
GEORGE SHEARING / THE WAY WE ARE / LP
MIKE BLOOMFIELD / AL KOOPER / STEVE STILLS/ SUPER SESSIONS / LP
JIMMY SMITH/ ROOT DOWN / LP
HAMPTON HAWES / NORTHERN WINDOWS / LP
DONALD BYRD / THANK YOU...FOR F.U.M.L. (FUNKING UP MY LIFE) / LP
DANNY LONG/ SHE'S HERE AT LAST / LP
SKA FLAMES / SKA FEVER / LP
THE LOAFERS ./ LIVING IN A SUITCASE / 12"
THE SPECIALS / GANGSTERS / 12"
BYRON LEE AND THE DRAGONAIRES / DANCE THE SKA / LP
BYRON LEE AND THE DRAGONAIRES / MANY MOODS OF LEE / LP
BYRON LEE AND THE DRAGONAIRES / JAMAICA SKA / LP
THE HILTONAIRES / MEET ME IN JAMAICA WITH SUNSHINE / LP
BOBBY JAY AND THE HAWKS / THE SKA / LP
ARTHUR MURRAY / DISCOTHEQUE DANCE PARTY / LP
STEVE ALAIMO / STARRING / LP