• tommy mccook & the supersonics – killer joe
    • alva jones – return home
    • 1. tommy mccook & the supersonics – killer joe
    • 2. alva jones – return home

    Available for the first time on a 45 since its original release in 1968 this is a Tommy McCook and the Supersonics cover of the Jazz classic Killer Joe originally recorded by Benny Golson. A punchy horns workout that has a late Ska feel to it. Alva Lewis takes the vocals on the flip-side with 'Return Home' On the Caltone label and comes in a picture sleeve.

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