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December, 2008

Hold it like that

“Festival Bailable con Anibal Velasquez”   Artilleria Records

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She was the new girl.

Calixto Ochoa y sus Conjuntos   “Penaranda”   Fuentes Monofonico

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Gym dandies

Gatti di Vicolo Miracoli   “L’Aerobica e chic

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Horned frogman

“Jazz West Coast Volume 3”   Another cool cover photo by William Claxton on this Pacific Jazz Records compilation.

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At the hop

Bailable   “Odeon Mercury”   Odeon Records

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Teen spirit

Again with the Christians in space?!   “Youth for Christ”   (YFC, don’t cha know).   On Word.

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Hot pants and hollow heels

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Who’s imagining whom?

“The Esquire Album of Music for the Continental Host”   Guy Lupar and his Orchestra   RCA Victor

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Tomb raider

Zacherle’s Monster Gallery (1963) John Zacherle (Crestview 803) Illustration by Jack Davis. Tracks include “Coolest Little Monster,” “A Wicked Thought,” “Ghoul View Commercial,” “Sure Sign Of Spring,” “Transylvania PTA,” “Frank And Drac Are Back,” “Come With Me To Transylvania,” “Spider Man Lullaby,” “Ring A Ding Orangatang,” “Baying At The Moon,” “Zacherle For President.”   A one-time, television host and voice actor known for his long career broadcasting horror movies in Philadelphia and New York City in the 1950s and 1960s. Best known for his character “Roland/Zacherley”, he also did voice work for movies and recorded the top ten novelty rock and roll song “Dinner With Drac” in 1958.

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A funny thing happened on the way to the revolution

“The Last Family” Featuring Tito Hernandez   Gema International Records Presents.   A crazy rip-off/spoof-of-the-spoof “The First Family,” the best-selling, sales shattering, comedy record and 1962 Grammy Record of the Year by Vaughan Meader.   “The First Family” was a popular satire of the Kennedy’s until the assasination when it was pulled from the shelves.   I’m not sure when this came out but I’d guess around the same time.     The caveate on the cover is a little creepy if it came out post November 1963.   (“Any similarity to persons dead or about to die is purely intentional”)

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