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Cri’s almighty

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Serf city

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Shag Connors and the Carrot Crunchers “West Country Humour At Its Funniest” I’ll need someone else to explain this one and “Furzlin'” to me. (Courtesy Uncle Gil)

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Beat poet

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“Mr Percussion” Bobby Christian.

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Go ask Alice

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Psycho graphics

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“Cycle Psychos” The Scramblers

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It’s Frank’s world, we just live in it

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Frank, Frank Jr., Nancy and Tina Sinatra.

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Takin’ care of business

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Here’s one from the book “Incredibly Strange Music” which brought to light a suprisingly large sub-culture of offbeat record collectors and created a pantheon of unique and overlooked musical artists such as Esquivel, Les Baxter, Ken Nordine, and many others. I read the whole thing in one sitting and realized I was not the only one collecting unusual records.   If you like this site, do yourself a favor and get both volumes of “Incredibly Strange Music” (Re-Search Books)

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Scared straight

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“Jack Tells It Like It Is About Drugs” (Somehow I don’t think he’s reading Hunter S. Thompson here.   And the guys in the background aren’t having a prayer meeting.)

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#4 in a cool series of jazz compilations put out by the Dawn label. All with great covers, this is the best though. What style! The classic Lambretta, the babe, the tight pants and low cut top! The music is equally good and deserving of the hip sleeve. The roster includes Paul Quinichette, Nat Pierce, Gene Roland, Ed Thigpen and Earl May.

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Soft shoulders and dangerous curves

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“Hits for a Truck Driving Man” Trucker anthems by Big Dave and the Tennessee Tailgaters.

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