During the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson years, Hammond organist Lenny Dee generated a steady stream of albums girded by the twin pillars of "Hi Fi Organ with a Beat" and "Songs Everybody Knows." Dee's best recordings fall within the first half of his discography, or roughly the first two-dozen albums. Well into the first decade of the 21st century, Jasmine Records took a definite stand regarding the timeless nature of Dee's utterly harmless legacy by releasing two double-disc collections drawn from his early years. ...
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During the Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson years, Hammond organist Lenny Dee generated a steady stream of albums girded by the twin pillars of "Hi Fi Organ with a Beat" and "Songs Everybody Knows." Dee's best recordings fall within the first half of his discography, or roughly the first two-dozen albums. Well into the first decade of the 21st century, Jasmine Records took a definite stand regarding the timeless nature of Dee's utterly harmless legacy by releasing two double-disc collections drawn from his early years. Double Dee-Light contained 48 numbers gleaned from his LPs Dee-Most, Dee-Lightful!, Dee-Lirious, and Dee-Licious. In Dee-Mand contains four more LPs' worth of material and eight singles for a whopping total of 57 titles. The cover photo pictures Dee in a big, wide convertible automobile packed with pretty women. It is a cheerier version of the photo used for By Popular Dee-Mand, in which a crowded darker background, a hoisted cowboy hat, and a presidential-looking limo led you to expect the album to be called Live from Dealey Plaza . Perhaps the weirdest photo of all was used as the cover of Lenny Dee Down South, wherein Dee and a small dog perched atop the Hammond were balanced on a platform being towed at high speed alongside a beaming female water skier. In Dee-Mand is crammed with examples of Dee at his fun-loving best. With a playlist that includes "Cincinnati Dancing Pig," "Carolina in the Morning," "Down Home Rag," "If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)," "Walter Winchell Rhumba," "Punxsutawney Boogie," "Little Rock Getaway," and "In the Mood," In Dee-Mand is essential listening for those who take their corny instrumental entertainments seriously. Faced with the problem of whether to choose In Dee-Mand or Double Dee-Light, the solution is obvious: cast caution to the winds and spring for both collections. ~ arwulf arwulf, Rovi
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