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The wizard of osmosis

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“Learn While You Sleep”   Sleep Teaching:   A 20th Century Marvel.   Release the power of your subconscious mind.

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Don’t try this at home

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One of the joys of album cover design during the golden age of the fifties and sixties was the freedom that designers had to do crazy things.   Here’s another example of that “hey I got an idea – let’s do it” attitude.   Steve Allen (at the Wurlitzer Electric Piano!)   “Electrified Favorites” from the guys at Coral.

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Water world

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Combining science, scripture and the bright sparkle of a child’s imagination and conversation resulted in the creation of “The Adventures of Raindrop.”   Diadem Records.     Created by Nancy F.A. Woolnough (Missionary,   Scriptwriter and Producer for “The Voice of the Andes H.C.J.B”)

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Armed and dangerous

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“Look Ma! 4 Hands”

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Alarmin’ Haarmann

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“Der Wecker Vom Dienst”   Gut Aufgelegt von und mit Hermann Haarmann.   Telefunken Records.

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Man offers chimp herring after party

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I’m at a loss of words!

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“Get a Life” (John 3:16)

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‘What The Bible Says About Flying Saucers’ by one Rev. Bud Spriggs and issued on Nashville’s World Wide Records. Rev. Bud Spriggs called himself the ‘Chaplin of Hell’ a title he received from the Mayor and City Council of Hell, Michigan (according to liner notes). The opening dialogue sees Bud in fine UFO Shtick form complete with canned laughter on the non-existent punch lines. Hear these tracks on WFMU’s “On the Download”. For a more serious exploration of our relationship to the cosmos check out Sentient Developments.

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Ready-to-wear wolf or a wolf in cheap clothing

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“La Gaita del Lobizon” by Cuarteto de Oro. Philips Records Argentina

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And other probing questions

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“What Flying Saucers Did to the Female Sex!’ A Bert Tenzer production. (1962)

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“Take a left and just keep going”

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“Rockin’ in the 25th Century” The Spacemen on Roulette Records. (1964)

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