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Oh mama!

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“Stories Mother Never Told Me!”   Buzzy Green on Bolo Records.   Adult comedy.

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Down in San Diego

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Rolled Gold

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Stray cats

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Badly drawn boys

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Fake boobs

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More clowns and nudes.

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Troup’s toast

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Jazz singer Bobby Troup “Here’s To My Lady” (Liberty Records 3078)   Troup was married to Julie London for a while.

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Alto tude

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Cannonball Takes Charge.   Riverside Records 12-303

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Freebie and the beans

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Long before “Little Miss Sunshine” brought him his Oscar, Alan Arkin (in the middle) tried his hand at folk music in a trio called “The Terriers”

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Brown, warm and beautiful

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The French Fontana label put out this really cool series of records – all with big titles and exclamation marks, big artist backdrops and sweet, cheesecake models up front.   Very sixties pop art like.   The music reissued here is all from great fifties sessions.

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