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Another Philips Records cover designed by the great photographer and designer Paul Huf.   Massenet Scenes Pittoresque/Scenes Alsaciennes by L’ Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux and Jean Fournet, Leitung.

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Hand jive turkeys

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“Today’s Top Hits” by the HOMESTEAD (?) on Homestead Records (of course) 1979   Featuring bad recreations of chart toppers of the day, like Randy Newman’s “Short People,” one of the greatest politically incorrect songs of all time.

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Short people

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Sweet Linda Divine   “I’ll Say It Again” Columbia Records (1970)   I’ll say it again, the best beat diggers know that this has some funky cuts.

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The eyes have it

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I had this album as a kid.   A great example of how a pretty girl can sell a cover and how a cover can sell an lp.   The music is great and I would never have known at 14 if not for those “angel eyes”   Dave Brubeck Quartet “Angel Eyes” Columbia Records

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Clap your hands say yeah!

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“Hully Gully”   The Angels

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Brandy, you’re a fine girl

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“Sensas!”   Claude Bolling   Philips Microgroove Records

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Pop muzik

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Jazz, Baby, Jazz II     Verve Records

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Maria discovers her family tree

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“Amor a la Mala”   Angel Vasquez   (El Rey de los Jibaritos”   Santos Records

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Time and space

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Sun Ra and his Arkestra featurig John Gilmore on Tenor Sax     I don’t have any information about this as I don’t have the disc, just the cover, which is “homemade.”   The back is all pasted over with gold foil and the front has hand-coloring and some stickers.     I think that this covered one of Sun Ra’s records on Saturn.   Any Sun Ra followers out there that can shine some light here?

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How to rock in six easy steps

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J.P Teaches You To Rock!! (Columbia Records)

Step 1.   The overexcited greeting

Step 2.   A little air guitar

Step 3.   Laugh at a joke

Step 4.   Lay your cards on the table

Step 5.   “I’m totally broke!”

Step 6:   Always finish with Jazz Hands…

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