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Bench warmer

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This is part of a series of records on the French Fontana label that feature the drawings of the french pin-up illustrator Alain Aslan.

(70 votes, average: 4.47 out of 5)

Bottle up and blow

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For fifty points, name the Twentieth Century artist whose paintings this cover resembles.

(28 votes, average: 4.29 out of 5)

Wet paint

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(20 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)

Mama’s boys

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Another great Jack Davis illustration.   Homer & Jethro “Songs My Mother Never Sang” on RCA Victor (Trick or Treat series?)

(31 votes, average: 4.32 out of 5)

Peel slowly and see

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The Velvet Underground by Andy Warhol.

“Hey man, said the monkey to the banana, gimme some skin!”

(44 votes, average: 4.25 out of 5)

Basie by Warhol

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One of the rare Andy Warhol album cover illustrations from the late fifties.

(26 votes, average: 4.69 out of 5)

Lei miss

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(46 votes, average: 3.78 out of 5)

Mure, Mure, Mure

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Volume II of “Supersonic Guitars” by Billy Mure on MGM Records.

On the cover: “Forecast Solar Toy Designed for Aluminum Company of America’s Forecast Collection by Charles Eames.”

(15 votes, average: 3.33 out of 5)