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“Ridin’ that train …”

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Puff ‘n Toot and other musical stories  Rocking Horse Orchestra & Chorus  Diplomat Records

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On the high C?

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Captain Snorter and the Incredible Christopher  Childcraft Records #28

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Off the chart

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Dave Brubeck Trio  Fantasy Records   Dave Brubeck – Piano; Ron Crotty – Bass ; Cal Tjader – Drums & Vibes   Another great Arnold Roth illustration.  One of a handful of Brubeck covers done by AR for Fantasy.

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I dream of Gigi

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“Music For That Wild Party”   Esquire Records (UK release of “Art Farmer Quintet” Prestige 7017) Art Farmer (t) Gigi Gryce (as) Duke Jordan (p) Addison Farmer (b) Philly Joe Jones (d) recorded Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, October 21, 1955   Cover art by Disley.

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Daddys home!

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Luz Bermejo  “Canciones Infantiles”  ECO Records  (Mexico)  I love the illustrations by this guy “D’Orsi on ECO covers!

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It takes two to tango

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Emile Prud’homme et son Ensemble   “On Guinche chez Mimile”  Odeon Records (France)

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Vampire’s weekend

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Here’s one you won’t find anywhere else online!  Attilio and his Tango Orchestra   “Dracula Tango”   Vogue Records (France)  (1974)   Monster cover art by Bernard Monie

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House music

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Alberto Closas  ECO Records  (We’d love to find another copy of this one, if anyone in the world has it, let us know!)

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Johnny one note

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Andre Verchuren  Festival Records (France)

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Go forth and multiply

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A cool little floppy disc set from France.  The illustration is signed Jean Effel.

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