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Happy Hour

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Got milk?

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Don Mario Suarez   Discolando Records Venezuela

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Cover art

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“Cocktail Swing”   Jack Sterling and his Quintet   Columbia Harmony Records

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“Idol Worship of the Worshipped Idols” a piece of original art by John Purlia.

A solo exhibit of John Purlia’s Lp cover-inspired art is coming to Distinction Gallery in Escondido, California.   The show is titled “Plastic Prophets of Vinyl Redemption” and will run from February 14-March 7.   Check it out!

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Cocktail shaker

“It’s Party Time”   Featuring Jim Watson with Guest Star Joel Cowan.   Spicy Records.   Here’s a gem of a cover.   Looks like something Crumb might have seen (He did a series of similar illustrations and covers depicting great jazz and blues musicians for Yazoo! Records, etc.)

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On the rocks

Osvaldo Oliveira “Paixao Descontrolada”   CBS

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Elizete considers stealing someone’s drink

“Retrato da Noite”   Elizete Cardoso   Copacabana Records

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Last call

“Soul Dracula” b/w “Sans Dracula”   Red Blood Discoteque Sounds

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After hours

“Aviuva Alegre” Selecao Telefunken Records

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“Let’s not talk about money”

101 Strings “After A Hard Day – Music To Relax By”   The Martini as foreplay.

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If you have to Basque

A nice one from LP cover lover Vitore who writes, “It is from a spanish-basque group called: Los Xey that had a lot of success back in the 50’s and 60’s. They were ‘a capella’ singers and used to sing popular songs from the Basque Country”

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Great taste! Less filling!

“Carnaval in Limburg” on Philips Records

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