“Hans en Grietje” – a 7″ record and book from Amsterdam.   This is the flexi disc cover.   The 10-page book has a spindle hole though every page.   Sweet old school fairy tale illustration.

Cynthia Gooding Sings Turkish and Spanish Folk Songs   Elektra Records   (1953)   Cover Illustration by Maurice (“Where the Wild Things Are” and “In the Night Kitchen”) Sendak.   These drawings remind me of Edward Gorey a bit.   Many great artists and illustrators did covers early in their careers – both records and books.   Search the site for Gorey, Warhol, Crumb, Ben Shahn, Miro and on and on.

“Grannys Mini-Skirt”   Irene Ryan (of the top-rated CBS TV Show “The Beverly Hillbillies” I always loved the Beverly Hillbillies and especially Granny who was always fixin’ up some strange vittles and shooing Jed and Jethro and other varmints out of the kitchen.

“Divorce Ukrainian Style” with Roy MYKYTSHYN and friends   V Records Limited Canada

“Cantares de la Revolucion”   Harmanos Zaizar – Mariachi Jalisco de Pepe Villa y Alegres Languneros Peerless Records Mexico

“Go-Kart Twist”   Gianni Morandi   RCA Victor

“Barbaridade”   Dupla Mirim     Sabia Records

Two 10″ LPs on the Sinter Records label out of Brazil.   (Top) Pixinguinha   “Marchinhas Carnavalescas”   (Bottom)   Almirante   “A Maior Patente do Radio”

Chrome, Smoke & Fire   A Compilation of Hot Rod Music by Robt. Williams.     Cover art by Robert Williams   Blast Records (1981)   In addition to great lost hot rod songs here’s a cool double album of picture discs!

(Photos courtesy of Bradley Loos)

An EP from Ulf in Sweden.   “Rock”   with the James Brothers and Dick Lory on DOT Records (Sweden) (1957)     Ulf notes that in Swedish, the word “rock” also means “coat”.