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Three of the ten commandments

Bill Haley and his Comets Decca Records. (1955) Includes “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock” the song that introduced rock & roll to White America. “Rock Around the Clock” was a modest hit until the song was used as the title track of “The Blackboard Jungle” some 12 months later. His next record was a cover of Joe Turner’s “Shake, Rattle and Roll’ which was a top ten hit and the first rock & roll record to sell a million copies!

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Bark in the USSR

A 10″ record from Russia.   Early Sixties.

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I put a spell on you

I framed a bunch of 10″ covers from my collection.   Here’s the first of a few I pulled for you.   Again on the Sinter label from Brazil in the 1950’s.   “Melodias de Terreiro”   Pontos E Rituais.   Pretty cool.

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Lord have mercy

“Genuss im Stil der neuen Zeit” A record from Lord Extra cigarettes.

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Time pieces

The Storyland Theater presents “Tick-Tock-Tale”   Music composed and conducted by Paul Creston.   Written and directed by Jules Werner.   A Sonora album.

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1260 on your radio dial

San Francisco’s radio station KYA released this compilation of “21 Golden Gate Greats Vol. Two” with a rip off of R. Crumb’s cover for Big Brother and the Holding Company.   There were tons of these collections from radio stations packaging their city’s local hits.     Listen here! to an interview with John Lennon and other old air checks from KYA.

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Star cruisin’

“Explosao Mundial Discotheque 2”

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Sympathy for the daredevil

“Music For Skiers Only”   Illustrated by Virgil Partch (VIP).

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Mao sounds!

Nice one from lp cover lover, Michael Chorney in Lincoln, Vermont who writes:   “Love your site.     Heres a classic – Maoist children songs (note they are holding rifles.)     Contains the hit “Criticize Lin Piao and Discredit Him Completely” (Lin Biao (also Piao) was a famous revolutionary general who rose to become Mao’s anointed successor, but died in a 1971 plane crash after what appeared to be a coup against Mao)

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A to Ze

Tom Ze “Grande Liquidacao”   (1968)   His first album.

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