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Clowns and the Circus

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It’s Lamar tine!

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Another nice illustration of Lamartine on the same Copacabana label from Brazil

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Merry pranksters

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Jim Flora illustrates Strauss: Till Eulenspiegel/Death and Transfiguration RCA Victor (Red Seal) LM-1891 (1955)   NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini, conductor

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The Court of King Momo

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“You never turned around to see the frowns on the jugglers and the clowns, when they all did tricks for you”

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Everybody loves a clown

Carequinha sings “A Praca” and “Ye Ye Ye Baiano”

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“I had a friend who was a clown. When he died…

… all his friends went to the funeral in one car.” – Steven Wright

O Palhaco Conta Historinhas   Junior Hi-Fi Records from Brazil

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Great taste! Less filling!

“Carnaval in Limburg” on Philips Records

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Big tent tots in Tiny Town

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Tony has every Circus record ever.   Here’s “Circus Time Fun” on the fun Moppet Records label.   Musical Songs and Stories with the Tiny Town Orchestra!

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Tears of a clown

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A torn up copy of “Mera Naam Joker.”   The soundtrack to a 1970 Bollywood movie. On EMI Angel Records. Made in India. Music by Shankar Jaikishan.

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Bozo of the North

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Another Canadian TV curiosity.   Patof the Clown. “Chez Les Petits Hommes Verts” I don’t know much about him, but check out this trippy, cult-like youtube music video from 1972!

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Insane clown posse

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“Payaso” Lucho Munoz y su Conjunto con Rayito de Sol.   Marlec Records.

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