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We Have Our Winners!

(Bob Marley – Catch A Fire)

(The Standells – Dirty Water)

(Baby Huey – The Baby Huey Story, The Living Legend)

(Sonny Clark – Cool Struttin’)

(Junior Parker – You Don’t Have To Be Black To Love the Blues)

(Sebastian Cabot, Actor… Bob Dylan, Poet)

Okay, well clearly this was just too easy for you guys!  Six “winners” correctly identified all six covers!  They are Mike; Brian Phillips; Johnny Bean from the UK; Jose; Dan in Quebec: and previous contest winner Keith!  But it was Mike that got there first and within just hours.  Congratulations Mike, let us know your information and size and we’ll get you the LPCL T-shirt.  Thanks to everyone that played along!

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Double with the blue dress on

Sonia y Miriam  Kubaney Records

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Sweet tartans

Identical triplets!!   Las Trillizas de Oro  (Argentina)

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Hellooooo baby!

Teeny Records  “Hey Baby”  Vilaines Filles, Mauvais Garcons

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Bamboozled

Billy Vaughn et son Orchestre     “Chop Sticks”     Dot Records

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Wing man

“Rockin’ Robin” b/w “Susie Darlin”  Bell Records

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A nice one of Jayne Mansfield’s “45”s

Another 45 rpm by Jayne Mansfield  “Snicksnack – Snuckelchen” b/w … who cares!  Polydor Records

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O’Day oh!

Anita O’Day  “Collates”  CLEF Records (Produced by Norman Granz)  (1953)   A 10 inch LP containing a compilation of eight previous singles.  Re-released as Anita O’Day by Norgran Records in 1955 and with four additional tracks as The Lady Is A Tramp on the Verve label in 1957.  A classic David Stone Martin illustration.

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Standing in the shadows

“Night-Club at After Dark”  Various Artists  Teichiku Records Japan  (Thanks to SEM SINATRA for generously contributing this image.)

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Francois holding his dictator

Francois Wertheimer – Le compagnon de voyage/L’automne  (1971)  BYG Records (France) French psych with a German feel.

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