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Hip lovers

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Chillin’

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“Music for Dreaming” on HALO

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And away they go

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Jackie Gleason presents…Music for Lovers Only on Capitol.

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Old Jack swings

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Jack Jackson “Songs for a Singin’ Party”.

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Petty baby

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Thanks to Paul Oberlin for sending this beauty from his collection! There is a whole series of lps and 45’s in this series. Here’s another one.

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Home on the range

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Home on the range

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One of the “Music for Gracious Living” series of easy listening records on Columbia. The series focused on various scenes of home entertaining (e.g., the backyard barbeque, card games, “after the dance”)

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Wax nostalgic

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Katz in the cradle

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“Mickey Katz plays music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs and Brisses” Capitol Records. Yiddish, klezmer and comedy!

Side note: Katz is the father of actor Joel (“Cabaret”) Grey.

For the straight klezmer side of Mickey Katz, check out the CD “Don Byran’s Plays the Music of Mickey Katz” (Elektra Nonesuch, 1993).

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To ceramic, with love

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“C’mon, Granny’s asleep.   Just once, for me.   Pleeease.”

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