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Hitchin’ a ride

“Let’s Hear…The Stylers”   Panda Records EP

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Saturdays, Ramon holds open auditions

Ramon Calduch   Columbia Records

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Hey Paola

Paola Musiani   Bentler Records Italy

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Wax lips

Ballet by Delibes   Masterpiece Records Brazil

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Be careful what you wish for

Jean Constantin “Vive La Liberte”   Vogue Disques

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True Blue

Blue   Joni Mitchell   (1971)   This one is timeless and beautiful.   So personal and so universal.

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Ain’t nothin’ but a …

Hound Dog   Buddy Lucas Bell Records 45 RPM (at $.49 that’s just a penny a spin)

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Just listen

HUSH!   The Duke Pearson Quintet   Donald Byrd, Johnny Coles, Bob Cranshaw, Walter Perkins and Duke Pearson   JazzLine Records   (1962)   This is some great jazz by some of the music’s greatest artists, so sshhhhh, put on the record and just listen.

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Worlds of whimsy

Check this out! John Purlia’s Wonderland of Wind-up Fun John uses great old LP covers as backdrops for his colorful diaramas of miniatures, toys, blocks, doll heads, coins and whatever else he finds.   Eye candy galore!

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June is busting out all over

“Buon Giorno Napoli”   Aurelio Fierro (Italy’s most popular singer of Neopolitan songs.   Recorded in Italy)   An “Adventure in Sound” recording from Columbia Records.

Thanks to “Way Back Now! Let’s Go…” for sharing his vision and fine photoshop work with us.   Some would have been satisfied with the generously proportioned model in the original!

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