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Happy Hour

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After one too many drinks!

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Tony pulled this one out from right under my nose at the last WFMU record fair.   What a find!  Wins for most category tags.  Creepy and wonderful.  Best Canadian cover I’ve ever seen.  “Pour Tout Le Monde”  Les Ventrillaires  Montagnard Records   This is a Canadian comedy label that put out lots of “adult” comedy records – like our Dooto or Adam and FAX labels in the states.

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Hey bartender

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“Cocktail”  Decca Records  (France)  Different orchestras playing Tangos, Fox-Trots, Rumbas and Boogie-woogie!

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Man’s best friend

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“Amigo Whiskey”  Cuarteto Radar  Peerless Records  “Have you met my friends Jack Daniels and Jim Beam?”

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Pick your poison

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Adriano Celentano  “L’unica Chance”  Clan Records

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Make mine a double

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Lester Young “The President”  Vogue Records  (France)  Pres with his famous pork pie hat and a drink in each hand.

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Groove juice

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“Ritmo y Juventud en la Contina de la Guardia Nueva”  Odeon “Pops” Record  (Argentina)  A various artist dance music compilation from a TV show in 1962   Illustration by Aldo Rivero

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“Ain’t nothin’ but a …

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House Party”  Adult comedy star Ruth Wallis sings “For Intimate Parties Only”   King Records

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Hit me with your best shot

“Tequila” and “Popcorn” by   Eddie Platt and his Orchestra B/W “Short Shorts” and “Planet Rock” by  The Royal Teens   ABC Paramount Records (France)

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Green day

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!  “Music for Emerald Isle Leprechauns”  Recorded Live in Dublin’s swinging Irish Club by Brendan Hogan’s Ballinakill Ceili Band  Capitol Records

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Tears for beers

“Ich Weine in Mein Bier”  Bobbejaan e conjunto  Copacabana/Palette Records (Brazil)

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (42 votes, average: 3.40 out of 5)
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