The Mad-Hatters  From the Greene County Tuberculosis Society of Springfield, Missouri.  Here’s a rarity – a simple DIY paste-on front cover with these simple, odd paper “creations” representing some of the songs inside.  All having to do with the ill effects and respiratory problems of having Tuberculosis.  This is incredibly strange.  (Thanks to Will and Show and Tell Music, who might have more to add…)

(37 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)

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Philippe-Gerard   “A Coeur Battant!”   Fontana Records (France)

(23 votes, average: 3.74 out of 5)

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“Sounds Great!”   A Mercury Records Stereo Sampler.

(52 votes, average: 4.40 out of 5)

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“You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce!” Contemporary Records.   (1956)   Great West Coast Jazz featuring Harold Land on tenor saxophone, Jack Sheldon on trumpet, and Carl Perkins on piano.   Listen to “Complete” - the opening track, here.

(63 votes, average: 4.44 out of 5)

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The Fabulous FOUR SKINS “Sing Songs of Medicine and Med School.”   A homemade record by four doctors without borders!   (This comes as a single but when you rub it it turns into an LP.)

(31 votes, average: 2.77 out of 5)

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“Music For Skiers Only”   Illustrated by Virgil Partch (VIP).

(40 votes, average: 2.58 out of 5)

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Penaranda “La Inyeccion” on Fuentes Records.

(17 votes, average: 4.12 out of 5)

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“El Dentista” Calixto Ochoa y su Conjunto Merengue

(21 votes, average: 4.48 out of 5)

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“Music for Morticians” “Les Pallbearer and His All-Ghoul Orchestra” This has to be one of my rarest records. I believe it was made as a goof by guys working in the design department at Capitol records Who knows how many were made.   It’s dated on the label 1951.   I’m assuming it’s them in the cover photo. I wonder who they got to be the corpse?! I’d love to hear from anyone who might know anything about it, though I imagine that’s unlikely. Still, a great cover and right in the spirit of our obsession.

(43 votes, average: 4.40 out of 5)

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Jimmie Janes, MD and his orchestra plays – “Music For Dancing Doctors”   (Editors Note: VIP is the incredible, fantastic illustrator Virgil Partch.   Check him out.   I’ll be posting more of his lp cover work here too.   Thanks, for the note Ben T.)

(10 votes, average: 2.60 out of 5)

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