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2008

My friend Flicker

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Wonder mike

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A face only a mutter could love

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This cover is from Einestages.speigel. They have a selection of thirty ugly LP covers.

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Ghouls rush in

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Dickie Goodman 1964   DCP (United Artists release)   From the liner notes:   “A musical tribute to the current monster craze…replete with the teenage beat and just right for dancing”   “So settle down in your electric chair, refresh yourself with a cooling glass of blood and enjoy the Monster Album.”

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The Angels Smash hit

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The Angels “My Boyfriend’s Back”   Smash Records (1963)   Check out the girl’s swinging, hand-clapping appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.   Sounds live and really goood.

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Justi’s for all

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Latin drummer Justi Barretto and his Orchestra “Boogaloo Shingaling” on Starbright.

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Jungle Fantastique!

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Bobby Montez “Jungle Fantastique!” on Jubilee (1958) The first and best of just five Latin jazz lps by West Coast vibist Montez. “African Fantasy,” “Jungle Sunset” and “Kon Tiki” are legendary jazz dance tracks.

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Cruz in the park

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Bobby Cruz con Ricardo Ray “Sings for Lovers and Swingers”   Mirabel Records

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Mr. Dynamo

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Ronnie Hawkins Roulette Records (1959) With the Hawks (aka The Band). Featuring “Forty Days” (a re-working of Chuck Berry’s “30 Days”) and “Mary Lou” among others!

“I’m Going To Tell You A Story About Mary Lou

I Mean The Kind Of A Woman Who Makes A Fool Of You

She Makes A Young Man Groan And An Old Man Pain

The Way She Took My Money Was A Crying Shame

(Mary Lou, Mary Lou) She Took My Diamond Ring

(Mary Lou, Mary Lou) She Took My Watch And Chain

(Mary Lou) She Took The Keys To My Cadillac Car

Jumped In My Kitty And She Drove A-Far”

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Soul survivor

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The GREAT Little Milton! “We’re Gonna Make It” Checker Records (1965)

“We may not have a cent to pay the rent

But we’re gonna make it, I know we will

We may have to eat beans every day

But we’re gonna make it, I know we will

And if a job is hard to find

And we have to stand in the welfare line

I’ve got your love and you know you got mine

So we’re gonna make it, I know we will”

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