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Space jam

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“Moving Percussion and Electronic Sound Pictures.”   Listen, Move and Dance – 4

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Spider Man

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Jazz vibist, Freddie McCoy “Spider Man” on Prestige (1966) Tracks are: Hav` Mercy; Yesterdays; The Girl from Ipanema; Spiderman; That`s all; Speak out, Deagan!

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Apocalypse now

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“I’ll Never Be Afraid” by the Gospel Rythm-Aires.   A superior example of outsider, DIY cover art.   Beautiful in its simplicity and naivete.   Mixed media here all comes together for a doomsday message of hope, faith and salvation.   See the ghostly figure of Jesus in nature craddling the band as Armeggedon hits the big city.

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Haute caricature

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“A Velha Guarda” on Sinter Records. Wow! What a sweet cover from Brazil in the fifties.

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Don’t cha just Lovett?

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“Gospel Ship” Howard…Lovett

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Dr. Jane’s addiction

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Jimmie Janes, MD and his orchestra plays – “Music For Dancing Doctors”   (Editors Note: VIP is the incredible, fantastic illustrator Virgil Partch.   Check him out.   I’ll be posting more of his lp cover work here too.   Thanks, for the note Ben T.)

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Smokin’ 45’s

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James Brown and his Famous Flames “Try Me!” King Records   A collection of James Brown’s earliest R&B singles from 1959.

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Wax tracks

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This is one in a nice series of lps called “Sound Stories” which features races, racetracks, racers and cars around the world. This one is the 17th Monaco Grand Prix 1959. Beautiful art here.

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Outhouse #2

outhouseii.JPG“Come sit a spell” Joe Pelham’s Outhouse II (Sequel to “That Wonderful Old Two Holer”).

This was unearthed at a salvation army up in Maine. $.59 later here it is courtesy of Calvin, another lp cover lover: “Here is a cover called OUTHOUSE II. “The Shack is Back” more tales, poems, and songs about a classic rural-Maine subject.

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Yo Quiero Rock

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