LPCover Lover | 2008

Honey Rock

November 30th, 2008 in Bachelor Pad and Lounge, Cheesecake by lpcoverlover | 4 Comments

Juan Garcia Esquivel “Cabaret Tragico” RCA Victor Mexico. (1957) The soundtrack from a Mexican crime dramaâ€”his second to last release before heading north to the States. Vocals on five of the tracks by Columba DomÃnguez, Elsa CÃ¡rdenas, Carmen di Lirio, and Kitty de Hoyos.

One of the last and the best of those infamous mexican nightclub melodramas (“PelÃculas de Cabareteras”), it features a stunning noirish cinematography, over-the-top acting by half a dozen of wonderfully weird and wicked latina beauties such as Columba Dominguez and Kitty de Hoyos (looking like a drag queen performing Marilyn Monroe!) plus great -if low budget- musical show clips performed by the mesmerizing Esquivel, the “King of Zu-Zu-Zu”! Another masterpiece from the great (beer-drinking?) director Alfonso “Corona” Blake, who began as an assistant to Luis Bunuel and Emilio “Indio” Fernandez and gave the world some of the finest campy horror- and “Il Santo”-classics.

(72 votes, average: 4.19 out of 5)

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Papa Joe’s A Go-Go

November 30th, 2008 in Beatniks, DIY, Illustration, Rock by lpcoverlover | 1 Comment

“Live! At Papa Joe’s Northern A Go-Go” The Starliners

(58 votes, average: 3.36 out of 5)

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Look up

November 30th, 2008 in Hall of Fame, Starlets and Pin-ups by lpcoverlover | 4 Comments

“Speak Low” Hal Otis and His Orchestra Westminster Hi-Fi. Jayne Mansfield doesn’t have to say anything at all.

(80 votes, average: 4.31 out of 5)

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Hats off

November 30th, 2008 in 45 Picture Sleeves, Illustration, Jim Flora, Kiddies, Wanted Records by lpcoverlover | No Comments

Dr. Seuss’ “The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins” Paul Wing with Music and Sound Effects. RCA Victor EP. Only $.79 for “up to 16 minutes”. A rare Jim Flora picture sleeve.

(51 votes, average: 2.98 out of 5)

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