Hollywood Be Thy Name [United Artists, 1975]
In which M. Rebennack's gris-gris jive is revealed unmistakably for the schlock it's always been. Granted, it was often very good schlock, but not on this record--with its in-jokes, its cronyism, its sloppy copies, its fuzzy simulated-club sound. Nadir: the 253rd recorded version of "Yesterday." C-