The Cramps  “Bikini Girls with Machine Guns”  Enigma Records (1989)  A 12″ single from the album “Stay Sick”   Produced by Poison Ivy.  Cover photo by Lux Interior    Thanks Joe Blossom.

(46 votes, average: 4.41 out of 5)

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“La Trifulca”   Horacio Samalot  Empire Records (Mexico)

(23 votes, average: 3.91 out of 5)

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Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”  Omnivox Records (France)   Illustration by Chadar

(23 votes, average: 3.43 out of 5)

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Victor Santos on Actuality Records

(29 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)

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Meet Harvey the Hippo and Albert the Alley Cat, just two of Santa’s unheralded helpers.  Over the next few weeks, we’re going to share some of the forgotten ghosts of Christmas past..  We’ll be celebrating records from around the world that show the other side of the holiday and highlighting the non-traditional.  That’s what we do.

(23 votes, average: 3.26 out of 5)

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Julie’s Sixteenth Birthday  John Bult   Rd Chollo Records  “You’re sixteen, you’re beautiful and you’re mine”  Here’s a classic of the incredibly strange genre.  It just gets stranger, creepier, more menacing the more you look at it.

(40 votes, average: 3.90 out of 5)

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“Stories for Rainy Days”  Frank Luther  Song Stories with Music and Special Effects  Decca’s Vocalion Records

(24 votes, average: 3.58 out of 5)

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A hefty sleeve from China.

(31 votes, average: 3.84 out of 5)

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Lam Fung  Song Album No. 2   Ruby Record Industries (Singapore)

(23 votes, average: 3.61 out of 5)

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