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2008

There’s a riot going on!

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“Riot In The Rumpus Room” Party Songs Sung by Cliff Steward and his boys. Coral. The sub-heading of this site might just be “riot in the rumpus room.”

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Catch A Fire

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Bob Marley “Catch A Fire”   Island Records.   1973.   This is the record that made Bob Marley an international star.   His first on a major label.   With Peter Tosh and Bunny Wailer and Aston and Carlton Barrett on bass and drums. Produced by Chris Blackwell.   The album including the classics “Stir It Up”, “Concrete Jungle” and “Kinky Reggae” is 125 on Rolling Stone magazine’s top 500 list (the highest of Marley’s four Lps to make the list).   The first 20,000 copies released were encased in this Zippo lighter die-cut sleeve.   The sleeve opened like a lighter case with a side hinge.   Rob Weiner and Rod Dyer designed.

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Campus Capers

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“Campus Capers” In “Cool Fidelity”. I have a second volume of the same name. I love these cool beatnik era illustrations.

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Got any singles?

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“Amor De Mi Bohio”   Fernando Fernandez   Maya Records.

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Monet (That’s what I want)

“Passion in Paint”   Henri Rene and his Orchestra.   RCA Victor   “Famous Paintings Set to Music”   We’ve seen this concept executed differently already.   Compare with this Vincent Price cover.

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Adios Muchachos

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Ramoncito Gomes   Cartaz Records

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Little folkers

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Music for Little Folk Singers in Hi-Fi.   Merry Go Round Records.

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Where do they all come from?

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“Lonely Faces” By Sammy Tippit (A young 22 year-old Babtist youth evangilist and the President and Founder of “God’s Love in Action” an Evangelistic Association for reaching gangs, militants, runaways, hippies and drug users for Christ.) and the Monroe 7, (vs. the Chicago 7?), (seven young people from Monroe, Louisiana that pushed a wheelbarrow of bibles all the way to Washington, DC, literally spreading the word of god across America.) Rainbow Records. Pretty tricky packaging. This record is like a sheep in wolves clothing.

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Not so tough

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“Surprise Party” Chez Gegene Barclay Records. France.

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Spinning gold all night

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Wolf Berger Party Band “Happy Happy Happy” Telefunken Records. Every thursday from 11-2, Wolf came alive spinning disco gold from his perch above the dance floor in the basement discotech at the Hilton hotel out on route 5.   (Otis, let’s take a closer look…

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