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45 Picture Sleeves

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Frenchman Henri Salvador has lots of great covers.  Here’s a picture sleeve on the Rigolo Records label from Germany.

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Dany and his $100 hoes

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Dany Maurice  Varietes Records (France)

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The “Boop-Boop-A-Doop” Girl!

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Helen Kane  with the Leroy Holmes Orchestra  MGM Records  (1954)

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Heart wrenching

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Ornella Vanoni on Ricordi Records (Italy) (1958)

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Porpoise songs

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Marineland of Florida presents “Porpy the Porpoise” and “Ride a Blue Dolphin”

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Something funny in the state of Denmark

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Have Fun! with Bruno Martino  An RCA Records EP  (Denmark)

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The girl next door

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Here’s a nice 45 sleeve from Beirut on Brotherphone Records.   Mayada singing “Tamoure” and “Ya Ya Ya.”   Amazing to see how liberal and westernized Lebanon was vs. today.

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Bass jumper

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George Riedel Quintet  Metronome Records (Denmark)  (1955)  “Jumper”

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East Side Story

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“A Go-Go”  TonyBinDC says: The female is Julie Newmar (aka Catwoman), and the picture (which has been reversed) appears to be from LIFE Goes To The Movies 1975.

See here:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/28382546@N05/3110551988/in/photostream

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Teutons of fun

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Paul Kuhn and his Orchestra  “Frankfurter Polka” b/w “Heidelberger Polka”   Columbia Records  (Germany)

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