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December, 2017

Van life

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A beautiful, first issue of the Decca Records UK release of Van Morrison and Them LP “Them Again”  Decca LK 4751 (1966)  Original UNBOXED red Decca label and in the original FLIPBACK cover.  Cool cover photo of Van (barely a man).  This was released on Parrot Records in the States.

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Bettie Page discovery

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Wow!  A new find here.  A very rare Bettie Page EP cover from Mexico.  Kiko y Beto “Censura C” on Philips (1966) .

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Beached blonde

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“This is Surfin’ ” Wipe Out  The Surfaris  Dot Records (Japan)   Maybe with the Ventures, the Surfaris and their drum crazy hit “Wipe Out”were the most popular of the sixties surf scene.  This is a cool and unique cover only issued in Japan.  (Is that Sandra Dee on the cover?)

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Motley crew

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The Joyful Heirs  “I Found a Treasure”  A custom pressing from Cincinnati circa late sixties (?)  I’ll let you take in the wonderful faces, hairstyles and clothes of this “group”  Who was listening to this when the radio was playing The Stones, Dylan, The Beatles, Janis, The Doors, Creedence, The Band, Motown, James Brown, Otis Redding … you get my point.  Anyway, Tony is the one who found this “treasure”!

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Hands off my girl!

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A nice addition to my collection of “Jennifer” records for my best girl (gifted by my best bud LPCL Tony)!  Bobby Sherman sings this one!  Metromedia Records.  Remember him?  Maybe it was Jennifer after “Julie, Do You Love Me?” said no?  I was a fan of “Here Come the Brides” on TV as a kid too.

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Rock n’ roll high stool

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GO GO GO  Alan Freed’s “TV Record Hop”  Coral Records (1957)  Not sure who the musicians are here, the songs are all originals.  Love the cover illustration!  Not sure who “AM” is.  Anyone know?

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Luis the VIVI

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“El Monstruo”  Luis “Vivi” Hernandez  Orfeon Records (Mexico)  Great early rock’n roll cover in spanish of Bobby Boris Pickett’s Monster Mash from 1966

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What’s cookin’?

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I picked this one up on Cuba street in Wellington, New Zealand a few weeks ago.  Howard Morrison Quartet “Pot-Pourri”  La Gloria Records (New Zealand)  Released in 1960.  The group did comedy and parodies as well as standards.

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Blues for Sale!

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Just two more days to pick up one of these amazing, vintage early 1960’s original Prestige Bluesville and Candid Records pressings!  These and many other records from our collection are up for sale on ebay here:  https://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?item=253309304692&_ssn=lp-cover-lover&_sop=16   Check them out now.  You’ll cry the blues if you miss out!

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