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February, 2017

Mmm, bop

February 25th, 2017 in Jazz by lpcoverlover | No Comments

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Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra  Horizons du Jazz #9  RCA Records (France)  1963 release of material from 1946 – 1949

(27 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

8 on the floor

February 25th, 2017 in 10", Cheesecake, Records and Players by lpcoverlover | 1 Comment

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Pladetoppen Snurrer!   1959 pop compilation on Odeon Records (Denmark)

(20 votes, average: 4.10 out of 5)

Preachin’ and teachin’

February 8th, 2017 in Comedy, Playboy, Politicians by lpcoverlover | No Comments

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Win with Irwin  Professor Irwin Corey (“The World’s Foremost Authority”) Campaigns at the Playboy Club  Atlantic Records (1960)  NYT Obit

(21 votes, average: 3.86 out of 5)

Moonlight Mel

February 8th, 2017 in Alternative Cover, Outer Space and Rockets, Singers by lpcoverlover | No Comments

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Mel Torme “Swingin’ on the Moon”  A World Record Club Release from the UK of the 1960 Verve release below.

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(27 votes, average: 4.22 out of 5)

Groove me

February 6th, 2017 in Jazz, Music for..., Nudes, Playboy by lpcoverlover | 1 Comment

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“Music for Play Boys”  Volume 5   Richard “Groove” Holmes  Prestige Records (Japan)

(43 votes, average: 4.47 out of 5)

To the Batmobile Robin!!

February 6th, 2017 in 45 Picture Sleeves, Superheroes, Trains, Planes and Automobiles, TV by lpcoverlover | 1 Comment

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Batman/Secret Agent Man  The Clee-Shays  Union Records (Japan)

(30 votes, average: 4.47 out of 5)

Smoke gets in your eyes

February 6th, 2017 in 45 Picture Sleeves, DIY, Incredibly Strange, Smoking Section, Types and Fonts by lpcoverlover | No Comments

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“Stop Smoking thru Self-Hypnosis”  Baron Von Brenner, Master Hypnotist  From the “Scientific Suggestion Institute”!

(28 votes, average: 3.71 out of 5)

Jazz royalty

February 6th, 2017 in 45 Picture Sleeves, Jazz, Singers by lpcoverlover | 1 Comment

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Ella and Louis Vol. 3  Karusell Records (Sweden) (1957)  Under a Blanket of Blue / Can’t We Be Friends // April in Paris

(32 votes, average: 4.41 out of 5)

I like it like that

February 6th, 2017 in 10", Records and Players by lpcoverlover | No Comments

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“As You Like It”  Decca Records (UK)  (1957) Mantovani:  Around the world / Mandolin Serenade; The Beverley Sisters:  Mr. Wonderful; Frank Chacksfield:  Your Love is My Love; Winifred Atwell:  Streets of Sorrento; Cyril Stapleton:  Forgotten Dreams; Vera Lynn:  The Faithful Hussar: Edmundo Ros: Go Home Baby, Go Home

(14 votes, average: 4.07 out of 5)