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RYMDBRAK  Carl-Gustaf and Arne Karusell Records (Sweden)  (1957)

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Beware repeated listening!

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Mother Goose Jamboree Kiddy Go (Crazy) Records

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Buggin’ out

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“El Mosquito”  Caterina Valente   Globe-Trotter  Polydor Records (France)  A cute EP from 1954.  Hear it HERE!

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Double vision

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Rene Cousinier “Histoires de Partour et D’Ailleurs”  A comedy routine on Fontana Records (France)  Released in 1959

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Playing by ear

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“Zappy sings Zappy”  Zappy Max  Vogue Records (France)

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Blow man blow!

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“Gaita Gaiata”  Nelson Barbosa  (1968)  Inspiracao Records (Brazil)

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Spirits in the dark

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“L’esprit de Paris”  Mode Disques (France)  Compilation of artists including Francis Blanche, Jacques Fabbri, Jean Constantin, Peirre Louki, etc.

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These eyes

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The eyes have it!  Two fun picture sleeves that seem to go eye to eye.  “I Only Arsked”  Bernard Bresslaw RCA/HMV (UK) and “Teure Katinka”  Katschmarek  Golden 12 Records

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Mad men of jazz

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Compendium of Jazz #1  Verve Records  (1957)  A compilation of Verve jazz artists including Count Basie, Stan Getz, Charlie Parker and others.  (This guy is Freddy Morgan!)

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How Dre I am

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Two by Andre Robert  “a la bonne votre”  on Columbia Records (France)

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