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“Kiss my ass”

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“Donkey Debka”  Young Israel Sings  Ron & Nama  Elektra Records

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Don’t shoot the guitar player

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Bruce Murdoch “33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute”  Stormy Forest Records (1971)  Canadian folky.  Here’s a nice post about this record.  Thanks again to Joe in Maine!

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And serve with a nice Filipino Grigio

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“MGA PAKULO”  D’Big 3 Sullivans  Mavon Records  (File Under: Filipino Folk)

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Before Stonewall

“The Gay Gordon”   The Joe Gordon Folk Four”  RCA Victor

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Native dancer

Thunderbird Records Present “Indian Songs of the Southwest” (Gems for Collectors) Includes a paste on cover of native American art by Gerald Nailor from 1948. Interesting liner notes too.

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Village voices

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“Beat Generation” Jazz Poetry. Folk Lyrics. John Brent, Len Chandler and Hugh Romney at the Gaslight, Greenwich Village. Musitron Records.

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Little folkers

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Music for Little Folk Singers in Hi-Fi.  Merry Go Round Records.

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In the tradition

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These old Folkways Records were very special to those in the New York City music scene that Dylan came upon circa 1962. He writes of meeting Cisco Houston at a party on Fifth Avenue down in the Village. Cisco was a compatriot of and fellow traveler with Woody Gutherie. The real deal. Dylan imagined getting a recording contract with Folkways — never dreamt of recording for Mitch Miller’s Columbia until John Hammond signed him. These Folkways covers are distinctive for their think, heavy cardboard covers. This one includes a nice line drawing by artist Ben Shahn. Shahn did numerous covers in the Fifties and early Sixties for various labels.

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