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2008

Mike and the mechanics

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“A Child’s Introduction to the Automobile and the Airplane” A Wonderland of Science Lp. (Thanks to Show and Tell Music)

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Tainted melodies

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On Spicy Records The Life of the Party! Fun for Grown-Ups. *Featuring America’s New Star of Tainted Melodies *Rachel Jordan*

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Girls who twirl

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United States TWIRLING Association presents music to twirl to.   Music by the Purdue University Band.

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Louis Louis

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“In a typical year, Louis Armstrong spent more than three hundred days on the road, bringing his music to audiences around the world. He always traveled with a steamer trunk designed to house two reel-to-reel tape decks and a turntable, and he carried a stash of music for his own listening pleasure… Read more and see other cool covers made by Satchmo himself at Stupefaction

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Heads up

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Another example of classical music pandering from Westminster Records. Beethoven and Barenboim and a busty babe!

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Devil dog

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I love crazy classical music covers.   Like a desperate attempt to market “serious” music with jackets that might appeal to a larger audience of regular, simple folks.   For example, here’s some guy in a devil costume with a hot dog on a record of overtures by Offenbach, Rossini and others.   Thanks ABC Westminster.

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Lp Cover Lover hits 2,000!

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Lp Cover Lover launched on November 23, 2006 with “Music for Daydreaming”. That’s 18 months of sharing our favorite covers every day. Today we celebrate our 2,000th cover and thank everyone that has written, left comments and sent in photos.   I’m going to leave this boring party now and go pull out more records to post.

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Open a cool one

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Coal train for lovers

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“This record can be used as realistic live background sounds for model and toy trains or enjoyed for the pleasant excitement train sounds can give.” The Columbian Limited “Real Train Sounds” on Columbia Records.

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Bewitching

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A beautiful, young Elizabeth Montgomery on this rarely seen early Sixties Japanese Lp “Invitation to Modern Jazz” on Japan Prestige.   From 1964 – 1972, Montgomery played Samantha Stevens in ABC-TV’s hit series “Betwitched”.

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