“A Touch of Music, A Touch of Francoise Hardy”   Vogue Records   (France)   (1969)   Random note:   Hardy is mentioned in Bob Dylan’s poem “Some Other Kinds of Songs” on the back of the album “Another Side of Bob Dylan”   Excerpted here:

for françoise hardy
at the seine’s edge
a giant shadow
of notre dame
seeks t’ grab my foot
sorbonne students
whirl by on thin bicycles
swirlin’ lifelike colors of leather spin

Here’s a story of Dylan’s encounter with Francois Hardy

Here’s an early song from this beautiful French singer in English: “Ton Meilleur Ami”

(46 votes, average: 3.78 out of 5)

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Abbey Road   The Beatles Apple Records (1969)   One of the most iconic, celebrated and imitated LP covers ever.   The Beatles final studio recording.   Here’s a good one:

Another still from the shoot (above) and Steve just added this outtake (below) of the guys walking the other way (and note Paul’s sandals):

(69 votes, average: 4.29 out of 5)

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“Kamen Rider…one of the best shows in the 60s and 70s in Japan”

(58 votes, average: 3.62 out of 5)

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(Something in Japanese) Vol. 4   Polydor Records (Japan)

(58 votes, average: 4.09 out of 5)

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Dance Party with the Hank Haller Ensemble   Haller Records (Ohio)

(53 votes, average: 3.43 out of 5)

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“Delirium in HI-FI”   Elsa Popping and Her Pixieland Band   Fontana Records (Philips Records)   AUSTRALIA     Recorded “somewhere in France, “Elsa Popping” is actually French arranger-conductor Andre Popp and sound effects wizard Pierre Fatosme.   Cover Art:   Morris Tookey

Here’s the latest, greatest LP cover I have to get a copy of.     Here’s a $100 bounty for anyone down under (or elsewhere) that can find me a copy!   (This one is Tony’s and that’s just unbearable)   Here’s the more common U.S. cover on Columbia:

(71 votes, average: 4.45 out of 5)

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“Pa’Goza El Carnava”   Cumbia Soledena   Polydor Records

(36 votes, average: 3.72 out of 5)

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Afrosound   Vol. 4   Fuentes Records (Columbia)

(41 votes, average: 3.37 out of 5)

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“Reggae Girl” The Tennors     Big Shot Records (UK)   (1968)   The best of the Tennors’ self-produced material.   Aside from being notable for the title track (one of the first recordings to bear the name ‘reggae’) and the best-selling ‘Ride Me Donkey’, the album features a selection of late Rocksteady favorites by leading Jamaican talent, including future Tennors Member, Ronnie Davis.   Recently named by Record Collector Magazine as one of the most collectable LPs ever!

(39 votes, average: 3.77 out of 5)

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“Canzoni a Doppio Senso”   UP Records   (Ed. note:   Can anyone help with a translation?)

(49 votes, average: 3.94 out of 5)

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