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Dasher & Dancer…Harvey & Albert?

Meet Harvey the Hippo and Albert the Alley Cat, just two of Santa’s unheralded helpers.  Over the next few weeks, we’re going to share some of the forgotten ghosts of Christmas past..  We’ll be celebrating records from around the world that show the other side of the holiday and highlighting the non-traditional.  That’s what we do.

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Chinese record holders

A hefty sleeve from China.

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Music for a Mexican knife fight

Amalia Mendoza  “Punalada Trapera”  RCA Victor (Mexico)  (1954)

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Helping hands?

“Histoires Amour et Sexe”  Bob Robert  Montagnard Records

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Happy Anniversary LP Cover Lovers!

We must have been daydreaming ourselves!  This cover was our first post on November 23, 2006 – now just more than 5 years ago!  Some stats:  4,000 posts / 8,000 comments /2.2 million visits /1.5 million unique visitors from 225 countries, territories / 7 million page views.  Thanks to everyone that has stopped in for a look, hung around for some laughs, followed us on Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter, joined the conversation and become friends over the years.  Here’s to more LP cover appreciation to come in 2012 and beyond!!

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Cash only

Johnny Cash EP on London Records (UK)  An early Sun recording with “I Walk the Line”  (1958)

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To surf with love

“Surf Party”  A french EP compilation on the Barclay Records label.

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Bat’s entertainment

The Ventures  “Batman Theme”  b/w  “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.”   Liberty Records (Japan)

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Let’s go trippin’


Tsuburaya Monster Boosuka   Musicolor Records (Japan)

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Messin’ with the kid!

Elvis Presley in “Kid Galahad”  OST on RCA Victor  (UK)

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