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2008

Black witchcraft

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“Macumba” on the Brazilian Sinter label. This is one of the most amazing covers. A real voodoo ritual complete with the rooster blood letting, the live snake, the priestess and her pipe and most disturbingly the man in a trance licking the blood from his hand. I’m spooked to even be writing about it. Curses!

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She’s electric too

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Electrifying Guitar Goes Latin The Jumping Jewels, etc. On Japanese Fontana.

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Dentally retarded

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“El Dentista” Calixto Ochoa y su Conjunto Merengue

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Life is good

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Al Compas De Mis Recuerdos. Why are there always records laying around on the floor?   Check out the groovy portable turntable with the removable speakers. Check out the babe. Check out the dude with the blue stocking socks, the tall cocktail, the cigarette and the far away look of a guy enjoying his groovy portable turntable, his hot babe, his cocktail, cigarette, tight fitting, powder blue stocking socks and albums spread on the floor around his feet. Ahhhh, life IS good.

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Lido shuffle

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Here’s a pretty 45 cover called Exitos de Italia on the Belter label from The Percy Trout Hour.

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Pigging out

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This is a Jimi Hendrix bootleg called “GOOD KARMA I”, featuring Hendrix recorded live at The Berkeley, California Community Theatre on May 30, 1970, released in this Collectors Item version by the TRADEMARK OF QUALITY folks. The cover features the classic underground illustration work of William Stout. The tracks are: FIRE, JOHNNY B. GOODE, HEAR MY TRAIN A COMIN’, FOXY LADY, and FREEDOM.

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Hanging with the band

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STAG PARTY RECORD #6 “Spice After Hours” Featuring Wild Party Songs. FAX Records

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Mom’s the word

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Jackie “Moms” Mabley at The Playboy Club. Chess Records. (1961) Moms debuted in the twenties with Butterbeans and Susie at the Cotton Club, suffered racism on the chitlin circuit, was a regular at the Apollo for years and her album sales in the sixties made her the highest charting comedienne in Billboard history. I seem to remember her on TV doing the Merv Griffin, Mike Douglas talk show circuit. I think she took her teeth out and talked funny. A legend.

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Lp cover..

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“Lover” Jean Houben at the Organ A Masterpiece Hi-Fi Record.

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Hoop dreams

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Another Annie Cordy and another Hula Hooper.   On the French Columbia label.

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