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Missing Link

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I’ve never seen this record with Link Wray.   Thanks for another nice one Uncle Gil.

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Too live Kruschev

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At the suggestion of Kathy Jones, here’s another in the “Hi-infidelity” series of greeting card lp covers only.

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Be Bop a Lula

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GENE VINCENT ROCKS! And the Blue Caps Roll Capitol Records.   (Courtesy of Uncle Gil, our French friend)

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Mad jazz

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Two Prestige LP covers by Don Martin (best known for his work for Mad Magazine).

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Michael had a little lamb

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Michael Sedgwick “The Singing Farmer”

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Hold that Tigner

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Before she shelved the trombone and picked up “Little Marcy” for a career praising Jesus and prosthletizing to little kids through her ventriliquest act.

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Three wild and crazy guys

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Tars of the Ars!

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Face To Face

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Kinks “Face To Face” Photo taken from a David Byrne essay on album cover art.

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Hang ten

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“Everybody’s Surfin'” by Ricky Vale and his Surfers on Strand.   You can hear a couple cuts and maybe still buy this lp at Belly Bongo.

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To Tell the Truth

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Garry Moore was a radio and TV talk show host and host of TV game shows like “I’ve Got A Secret” and “To Tell The Truth”.     I found this cover on a cool site called Learning to Share.   Check it out for all kinds of interesting old stuff.

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