“Ferias” NA ITALIA. Vox records. So good. Check her out. And the smoke trail from his pipe. You don’t see illustration much these days. Certainly not like this.
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Jack Derlys. “Around the World in Eighty Days” Trianon from France.
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“Puppets On Parade” With Larry Ferrari and his Orchestra on VIK Records
Gwynne and her twin Lynne > “Dedication”
Henri Salvador (always good for a laugh)
A 45 cover showing the singer,songwriter Thore Skogman! A very happy man!
Courtesy of Lp cover lover, Ulf Gustafsson
“A Velha Guarda” on Sinter Records. Wow! What a sweet cover from Brazil in the fifties.
“One Night of Love…!” Daniel De Carlo Decca Records. Here’s the image of the classic American bachelor, the cad, the swinging hipster, the wolf on the prowl. All the signs of trouble were there when she arrived.
She gives cheesecake a bad name!
Goofy Grape and the Whole Funny Face Gang “Sings Awful” On Mark 56 Records. A Pillsbury (Funny Face) Production. Backed by a killer studio session group including Rootin’ Tootin’ Raspberry, Loudmouth Lime, Jolly Olly Orange, Freckle Face Strawberry, Choo-choo Cherry and Lefty Lemon.
(Editor’s Note: The voice of Goofy Grape and his whole gang is the work of one man - Paul Frees, who unbelievably was also the Pillsbury Doughboy, George Harrison AND John Lennon in the animated Saturday morning Beatles cartoon series, Boris Badenov, Mr. Bedrock, Toucan Sam, Morocco Mole, Secret Squirrel, Squiddley Diddley and too many other classic TV cartoon characters to mention. Thanks Carl for making the point!)
On Merry-Go-Round Records.
This cover is from Einestages.speigel. They have a selection of thirty ugly LP covers.
El Gran Combo on Gema.
“Men From Mars” (And women are from Venus) This is Woody Herman and his Orchestra (featuring the “Third Herd”) on Verve. This was released in mono in 1958 then re-released in stereo in 1963 at “Hey, Heard the Herd?”. But the cover was a classic! ( I don’t know who the guy on the cover is, but I think I have another album with his picture on it)
Numbering the Herman Herds was never easy but the leader himself named his early 50s group as the Third Herd. Although lacking the precision of the Four Brothers band and the raw excitement of the First Herd, the new band was capable of swinging superbly. As before, Herman had no difficulty in attracting top-flight musicians, including Red Rodney, Urbie Green, Kai Winding, Richie Kamuca, Bill Perkins, Monty Budwig and Jake Hanna. Of particular importance to the band at this time (and for the next few years) was Nat Pierce, who not only played piano but also wrote many fine arrangements and acted as straw boss. The times were hostile to big bands, however, and by the mid-50s Herman was working in comparative obscurity. Members of the band, who then included Bill Berry, Bobby Lamb, Kamuca, Budwig and Harris, wryly described this particular Herman group as the “un-Herd”. Towards the end of the decade Herman was still fighting against the tide, but was doing it with some of the best available musicians: Cohn, Sims, Don Lanphere, Bob Brookmeyer, Pierce, Kamuca, Perkins and Med Flory.
Politically incorrect cover #12,356. “Yakety Saki Man in Orbit’ by the (not-so-) honorable Bill Fraser! On the Maestro Label. Super rare and absolutely crazy. Must be early sixties.
Another cool Brazilian record from Sabadabada.
I don’t remember where I picked this record up, but it’s signed by the man himself. It’s scribbled: “To Princess Marge the beauty. May you swing with love. Love Lord Buckley.”
“Way Out Humor” on World Pacific Records. Royal Concert Performance Ivar Theater Hollywood (1959)
Lord Buckley died in 1960. I recommend you dig him a bit deeper! There are some cool clips of LB on youtube including his appearance on “You Bet Your Life” with Groucho from 1956. Remarkable.
Larry & Phyllis Richards “In His Service” Thanks to Margaret Still for this awesome cover.
Buzz Clifford on Philips. “Babysitter-Boogie” (From Kerstan Reineke)
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