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Smokin’ in bed

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Mann In the Morning  Herbie Mann on Flute and Tenor Sax  Prestige Records (1958)  Recorded in Stockholm in 1956 with a group of the top Swedish players of the day.  (More notes from the prolific Mr. Gitler)

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Burt offering

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“Great Scott”  The Bobby Scott Trio featuring Whitey Mitchell, bass and Bill Bradley, drums  Bethlehem Records (1954)  Design and illustration (in the style of David Stone Martin) by the legendary Burt Goldblatt.  Liner notes by the great Ira Gitler ,(whom I’ve had the pleasure to meet and spend time with over the past 25 years).  I love that after looking at records for more than 40 years (daily), that I can still find one like this that I’ve never seen!

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I Like Psych

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Christian Yoga Church  Turn On! Music For The Hip At Heart  (Memorare ES-S101)

Record Condition:  M-  /  Sleeve Condition:  M-, in shrink   Exceptional copy of this early cosmic psychedelia from northern California.

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Hey, where’s the dog?

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 Kalle Tavla  “Modellen”  GP-Production Records  (Sweden)  (1968)   Extremely rare and singular album by Swedish artist painter composer Kalle Tavla.
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Forever young

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20 Kiddy Klassics  “Real Happy Tunes”  Lester Records  For hours of “Tuneful Fun”!

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Sexy pistols

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Gun Fight!  Toshiba Records (Japan)   Music from Hollywood movie westerns.

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Raquel, Raquel

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Raquel Welch on the cover of Grandes Exitos Del Cine  Volume 4  Music by Orquesta Dimitri Papadopoules  (Spain) .

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Let’s go Mets!

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Let’s go Mets  ‘a sports documentary’  Actual play-by-play recordings of the Mets greatest games plus the voices and sounds which are a part of the Mets history.  Featuring Linsey Nelson, Bob Murphy and Ralph Kiner, the voices of the Mets.  (Shout out to my brother-in-law Christopher Granozio, who has been working in the Mets broadcasters’  box all season!)

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Everybody’s talkin about the Mets

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Terry Cashman is Talkin’ Baseball with Mets greats Rusty Staub and Keith Hernandez.  “For Mets Fans”  (1988)

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Let the games begin!

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“Take me Out to the Ball Game” and other children (and adult) favorites!  Peter Pan Records

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