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It’s good to be green

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Les Mutants  Vogue Records (France)   1963 instrumental “Original Climb USA”  Hear it HERE.

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Mob deep

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The Ballad of Al Capone and Mr. Blue by Richard Maltby and Sea of Love by Marty Wiled and Uomo Solo by Arturo Testa.  An EP on Philips Records (Spain).  Cool cover illustration!

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Ballet of the dolls

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“The Swingin’ Nutcracker”  Shorty Rogers  RCA Records (UK) (1960)  Alternate UK cover art.”

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Me and my aerobic

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Exercises for the New Mother

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Go Cart Chick

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“PISTAAA!”  LE ADVENTURE DI CALIMERO – VOL. 4  FONIT RECORDS (ITALY)

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Stage 4

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Alta Tension Vol. 4  Philips Records (Argentina)  Fun cover of a South American romp comp of Sixties rock, surf and dance tunes by Los Tammys, Sonia, Tito Alberti and others.

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Every picture tells a story

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“An Hour of Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes”  Uncle Mac “the storyteller”  Plymouth Records  Cool illustrations on this old children’s album cover (signed “Rado”)

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Rock n’ roll high stool

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GO GO GO  Alan Freed’s “TV Record Hop”  Coral Records (1957)  Not sure who the musicians are here, the songs are all originals.  Love the cover illustration!  Not sure who “AM” is.  Anyone know?

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Shake, Rattle and Rooooll another one

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La Societe Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements and the Braunstein Freres  and Zig-Zag cigarette papers present “Zig-Zag en Musique”  Calypso, Cha Cha, Fox and Samba under the artistic direction of Pierre Spiers.  Surprise Party Zig-Zag (France)  Jean Effel cover illustrations (really?!)  (We welcome any clarification on all of this from any of our french-speaking friends!)

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The stuff you gotta watch

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Buddy Johnson (with sis Ella on the mic)  “Walkin”  Mercury Records  (1957) A great swingin’ record with big band, honkin’ horns and smokin’ vocals melding R&B and blues into early Rock n’ Roll!  Art design by Darrill Connelly.  Woodrow Wilson “Buddy” Johnson (January 10, 1915 – February 9, 1977).  Nice review of the album with download here at the BeBop Wino blog.

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