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Juanita Banana peels

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Juanita Banana b/w Mary-Elle   Arr. Marcello Minerbi   Durium Records Serie Circus Italy (Courtesy of Lp cover lover, Ulf!)

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Dream baby

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“Music To Dream By”   Valentino and His Orchestra     GMS Records     An exceptional example of a 1950’s cheesecake cover on a record of quite unexceptional music.   Looks quite common but it’s really very rare.

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Bedtime stories

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“My Heart is an Open Book”   Value Records

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mmm, nice!

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Alternate RCA UK cover of “Mmm Nice!” by   arranger, composer and conductor Bob Thompson, his chorus and orchestra   Recorded Aug. 1959.

Selected Personnel: Shelly Manne (drums), Larry Bunker (drums, perc.), Frank Capp (drums), Emil Richards (perc.), Bud Shank (Sax), Frank Rosolino (trombone), Ken Shroyer (trombone), Don Fagerquist (trumpet), Al Porcino (trumpet), Alton Hendrickson (guitar), Red Callender (horns).

Tracks: The Song is You, Younger than Springtime, People Will Say We’re in Love, They Can’t Take That Away from Me, While We’re Young, The Best Thing for you, Ain’t We Got Fun, Hello, Young Lovers, Do It Again,   joie_de_vivre   I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face, Playboy.

This record is a staple of any EZ listening/bachelor pad/lounge music library and features the most imaginative intrumentals with wordless vocal chorus. This is Thompson’s first LP.   Here’s the U.S. release with cover girl Sandy Warner:

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Strip Tease Musical

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Waldemiro Lemke Sua Orquestra e Coro

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Ogling Betty

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“Distracao”   Com a Orquestra Fantasia

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From the back shelf of my mind

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Tavernalar Krali HAYKO Kupa 4 Lusu Esliginde   DT Records   (I don’t know what I’m saying!)

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“The Most Mishige” Mickey Katz   Capitol Records

Actually the illustration looks like it was also taken directly from here.   And here’s a different album cover featuring the other chick!

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Anders Als Die Andern     Die Unverbesserlichen   Vogue Records

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How can you mend a broken heart?

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“When Your Lover Has Gone”   Pat O’Day   Golden Crest Records

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Kneelin’ for Delon

Tangos by Michel Delon on Magenta Records

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“Did you trade my loincloth for a monkey?”

“Jungla”   by Leo Soto on Musart.

Thanks to everyone that joined in the fun and suggested titles.     Lots of funny ones, but we liked this one best that came in from Lp cover lover Christian, who’s won an Lp Cover Lover T-shirt courtesy of The Vinyl District!

(Our friends at The Vinyl District are sponsoring today’s search for the best caption to the above album cover. Win a men’s or woman’s LP Cover Lover T-shirt courtesy of The Vinyl District, an awesome site for music lovers and record afficiandos like you and me!   Send in your best caption to the “comments” section.   We’ll be posting the winning title here and at http://vinyldistrict.blogspot.com/ on Friday,     And yes, that’s a little monkey in the bushes.)

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