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Teen spirits

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Tri Los Duendes  Musart Records (Peru)

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Rockin’ bones

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Saint-Saens “Danse Macabre” and Mussorgsky “A Night On Bald Mountain”  Franz Andre Conducting the INR symphony, Brussels   Capitol Records

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Symphony for the devil

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Berlioz “Romeo and Juliet Overture” and Tschaikowsky “Marche Slave”  National Opera Orchestra  Recorded in Europe  Varsity Records

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Bright and oily

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“La Route Joyeause”  A neat promotion package of 7″ flexi-discs issued by Esso Oil with musical nods to various regions of France.  (Thanks for the comments.  They looked like lemons to me!)

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Auction Action Now

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Check out this rare exotica piece POLYNESIA by BUDDY COLLETTE SEPTET and 100 other records from the LP Cover Lover archives up for sale and auction HERE now!

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Cherry baby

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This just in!  “Dream”  Don Bradley and his Orchestra  Variety Records (Brazil)

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Satan Doll

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Mariangela  Philips Records (Portugal)  I believe Mariangela was a children’s TV show host in Portugal.  The bunny looks terrified.  And/or evil!   Poor kids.

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Shake, Rattle and Rooooll another one

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La Societe Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements and the Braunstein Freres  and Zig-Zag cigarette papers present “Zig-Zag en Musique”  Calypso, Cha Cha, Fox and Samba under the artistic direction of Pierre Spiers.  Surprise Party Zig-Zag (France)  Jean Effel cover illustrations (really?!)  (We welcome any clarification on all of this from any of our french-speaking friends!)

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Love me doo

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Our latest entry in the quest for the “highest hair”.  “Oh What A Savior”  The Concerts  Woodrich Records (Lexington, Alabama)  And some sweet guitars too.  We could only dream that this cover existed.  Praise the lord and pass the Auqanet!

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Hot for teacher

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Incredible find here!  “Step by Step Instruction in Sexual Technique”  Erotic instruction by Miss Tuppy Owens on Sexual Rhapsody Records (UK)!  (1972)  “Not for the ears of children!”

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