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Man or mouse

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A “concept” album for:  Swingers, flingers and ring-a-ding-dingers.  Losers, choosers and credit card boozers.  Psychotics, neurotics and whacked out erotics.  Mismates, blind dates and turned on roomates.

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“Music for RAT FINK Lovers”  Jackie Kannon Rat Fink Records (1964) A new musical experience in social decadence.  Copyright by Cockamamie Enterprises   When to Play This Album:  When she says “Yes”  When she says “No  When your wife is out of town …

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (30 votes, average: 3.67 out of 5)
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AV Club album of the week

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“Musi-que”  A library of MOOD MUSIC for HOME MOVIES and Slide Film  Blue River Records

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (27 votes, average: 4.26 out of 5)
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Baby daddies

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Here’s a funny one.  A local production from Kin-Tel Records,  “Recorded Live at The Malibu Lounge, Hapeville, GA.”  Talent Mart Proudly Presents The larry Willims Quartette.  “Expectant Fathers (Out of Wedlock)”

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (24 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)
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Dream baby

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“Music To Dream By”  Valentino and His Orchestra   GMS Records   An exceptional example of a 1950’s cheesecake cover on a record of quite unexceptional music.  Looks quite common but it’s really very rare.

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (32 votes, average: 4.19 out of 5)
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Its a gas! gas! gas!

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“Music for Cooking with Gas” featuring the Harry Fields Quintet

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (54 votes, average: 4.56 out of 5)
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Off the wall

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“Music to Sell Weyerhaeuser Hardwood Paneling By”

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (45 votes, average: 4.58 out of 5)
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For the newly unemployed

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“Music for Courage and Confidence”  The Melachrino Strings  RCA Victor

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (30 votes, average: 3.20 out of 5)
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Home alone

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“Music to Make Housework Easier”  Sinfonieta de Milano Under the Direction of William Gunther  Request Records

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (49 votes, average: 4.45 out of 5)
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Smokestack lighting

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“Music for the Night”  “Une Heure de Slow”  Ducretet -  Thomson  A nice French record of jazz with players including Lucky Thomson,  Zoot Sims, Guy Lefitte, etc.

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (29 votes, average: 3.31 out of 5)
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Family feud

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“Karate for the Family”  An instructional record for the family that wants to learn to defend itself … from each other.  (Strangely on the great Latin Boogaloo label Cotique.)

1 Star2 Stars3 Stars4 Stars5 Stars (34 votes, average: 4.12 out of 5)
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