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December, 2006

Heavenly strings

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(10 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

Eat your heart out Elton!

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(11 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

Takeshi Terauchi and Blue Jeans

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Japan electric fuzz surf guitar maestro Takeshi Terauchi.   Fronted the Bunnies and then the Blue Jeans.   Terauchi led a wave of surf instrumental groups that were inspired by the Ventures tour of Japan in ’62.

(27 votes, average: 3.89 out of 5)

A little knight music

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(17 votes, average: 3.41 out of 5)

Alone at his organ, Paul imagined tiny Christian teens

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(20 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)

Do the mambo

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(18 votes, average: 3.89 out of 5)

I Marimba

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(10 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

Two days in the country

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(8 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)

In the present

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(12 votes, average: 3.92 out of 5)

I hope she can sing

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At some record show years ago, it struck me after looking through rows and rows of records that there was a tendency on the part of some cover designers to just make the singer’s, (or model’s), head as big as possible on the 12″ x   12″ cover area.   No doubt people are drawn to faces and big eyes, but is this face really going to sell records?

(17 votes, average: 3.88 out of 5)