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May, 2008

Little black samba record

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I think this may be Walter Wanderley’s first record.   On the Brazilian RGE Label.   “Festa Dancante”   Of course, my interest is in the amazing cover illustration (Signed F. Mosca).   I just love this kind of fifties, cheesecake pin-up girl and the little portable record player.     This is a rare one that I was happy to find.

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Yes, I can can

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Ulla Sallert, the Swedish opera and operetta singer. A nice picture sleeve from 1962 courtesy of LP cover lover, Ulf Gustafsson.

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Espresso beam

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Bill St. Clair Swings Stephen Foster Favorites in a Fresh New Manner. With the Eddie Maynard and his Orchestra. Parade Records.

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Isn’t a quartet.. four?

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The Midwestern Quartet “For God So Loved” Which one’s the fifth wheel?

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Futurama

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“O Robo Zequinha”   “No Planeta Das Cores”   Odeon Records.

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“You…look…MAHHHHvelous”

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“With love, Fernado Lamas”   Roulette Records.   (And remember it’s better to look good than to feel good!)   Known to many only from Billy Crystal’s SNL impression, Lamas was a film star in Buenos Aires before coming to Hollywood in 1950.   After playing the latin lover at MGM throughout the decade, he spent the next twenty years directing TV shows like Mannix and Falcon Crest (which starred his son Lorenzo Lamas from his marriage to actress Arlene Dahl).   He was also married to Esther Williams, his fourth wife.

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Bachelor #1

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When pigs fly

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Annie Mae

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Old school jazz

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“Jazz at the College of the Pacific” Dave Brubeck Quartet featuring Paul Desmond, with Ron Crotty and Joe Dodge. Fantasy Records. 1955. Red Vinyl. Illustration by “AR”. (Thanks to S.B. Whitehead for identifying the illustrator as Arnold Roth)

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