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Did someone say … COCK FIGHT!!?

“Pelea de Gallos”   Canta Lola Beltran   Peerless Records (Mexico)

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Very rare

Kool and the Gang “Raw Hamburger”     From K to the G’s debut LP (1969)   Released stateside on the De-Lite label. (This Gemini released picture sleeve might be from Norway.)

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One, two, cha cha cha.

Vogue The Picture Record discs

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Janey’s got a gun

“Devil’s Gun”   C.J. & Co.   Disco club hit circa 1978.   Great Jane Fonda/Barbarella cover shot.   Atlantic Records.

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“Which way to Highway 1?”

“Mr. Eliminator”   Dick Dale and His Del-Tones   Capitol Records (1964)   The king of surf guitar!

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That song in your head

Sambrasa Trio   “Em Som Maior”   Som Maior Records (Brazil)   (1965)   The only LP by this more influential Brazilian samba-jazz group or Hermeto Pascoal, Humberto Clayber and Airto Moreira (later in Return to Forever).   Great cover!

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Sharpie image

“Sounds Funky”   By The Golden Heavies   Parlophone Records   (South Africa)   A Clive Calder production by anonymous studio group playing hits of the days.     Nice hand drawn, magic marker illustration.   Like a school notebook sketch or textbook cover doodle back when I was a kid.

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Chimp thrills

Ben sa tumba et son orchestre   Barclay Records EP

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There goes the sax

“Marriage in Modern Jazz”   Rita Reys and The Pim Jacobs Trio   Philips Records

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Han’s solo

“So…Rindo Ze Fidelis”   Continental Records

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