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March, 2009

Atlantic city

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Clyde McPhatter, Ruth Brown, Ray Charles and Lavern Baker.   Atlantic Records.

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Smile

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Crown Records Japan

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Good Buddys

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“The Buddy Holly Story”   Compare the U.K. Coral   (top) and U.S. Coral Records (bottom) releases.

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Windows to the soul

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Johnny Johnson & His Bandwagon   “Johnny Johnson Rides Again!”   EMI/Stateside   Northern Soul from the UK circa 1970.

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Wanted man

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Johnny Ventura y su Combo “El Mamito” con el Hit!! “La Muerte de Martin”   (1974) Kubaney Records

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Dream girls

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The Supremes Greatest Hits   Tamla Motown

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Letter perfect

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Thelonious Monk with Sonny Rollins and Frank Foster (1954)   Prestige 7053     Designed by the esteemed Reid Miles with Andy Warhol.   (Warhol’s mother actually supplied the hand-written script)   A lesson in graphic design.

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The Soul Sisters

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The Soul Sisters   “I Can’t Stand It”   Sue Records (1964)

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Ahh sew!

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Cats and jammers

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Les Chats Sauvages   Pathe (French)

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