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Boys lo mein

Finger Five   “First Album”   Philips Records   (Japan)   (1972)     Video

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A band of kiwis

Family Cactus is a great new band from Wellington, New Zealand.   Here’s the cover art for the band’s first CD, “Come Howling” on Arch Hill Records.   The band is in town for the CMJ Music Festival and recently played a private gig for industry and friends of LP Cover Lover.   Here’s their single “Kingmaker” (which is being used in a national Yellow Pages commercial here in the states) and here’s an article that ran today in the New Zealand Herald by New York correspondent Gemma Gracewood.

Behind the scenes – Family Cactus recorded the music video for “Kingmaker” in this grand old house tucked into one of the Thorndon terraces in Wellington. Built 1905 by John Sydney Swan, a Commodore of the  Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club and owner of one of the world’s largest collections of photographs of ships. Currently listed on the NZ Historic Places Trust register.

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Coat rock

An EP from Ulf in Sweden.   “Rock”   with the James Brothers and Dick Lory on DOT Records (Sweden) (1957)     Ulf notes that in Swedish, the word “rock” also means “coat”.

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“Funny, I dote on dreamy music too”

“She Dotes On Dreamy Music”   One of a dozen in the “Music for the Girl/Boy Friend” Series on Decca.   All with a dreamy Petty Girl!   (As featured in Esquire) Here’s Harry Hermann and His Orchestra.

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Laff-in

“Pipe Layin’ Dan”   LaWanda (Queen of Comedy)   Laff Records     For Adults Only!!

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Turntablists

WIZEX   “Carousel”

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Oh baby, baby

Baby Washington “That’s How Heartaches Are Made”   Sue Records   (1963)

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I, me, mime

Pantomime   Everywhere It’s Christmas   The Beatles’ fourth Christmas 7″ flexi distributed free to their fans through the fan club.   Recorded November 1966.     Produced by George Martin.   Illustration by Paul McCartney!

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Another E.R. violation

Marian Koning   “He Touched Me”   Praise Records

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Let it all hang out

Grazias to LP cover lover Ulf for sharing this sweet sleevage with us.   “Piccolo Night Club”   Durium Records EP

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