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Who slipped the Prozac in the punch?

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“Music for Happy People”   By the Albimoor Orchestra on Jubilee Records.

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Four play

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Check out the cool “femlin” Party label.   “Music for…” (Fill in the blank)

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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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Sweet surrender

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“Music for Pleasure Time” Allegro. Royale Concert Orchestra. Another budget label release of forgettable background music – aural wallpaper, sonic pablum, muzak – saved from the landfill because of a cover with a strange hook and a simple transcendent beauty.

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Father’s daze

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“Music for Expectant Fathers” Fontanna and his Orchestra

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The blues at three in the morning

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Sonny King.   “For Losers Only”   Colpix.

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Clap yo hands

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Music for Hand-Jiving on London Records. A compilation of hits by Tommy Steele, The Blue Jeans and The Four Jacks, etc.

Hand-Jiving involves a complicated pattern of hand moves and claps including thigh slapping, cross-wrist slapping, fist pounding, chest slapping and pounding, hand clapping, elbow touching and hitch hike moves. It resembles a highly elaborate version of pat-a-cake. The hand jive was popularized by Johnny Otis’ 1958 hit “Willie and the Hand Jive”. Eric Clapton did a version of the song in 1974 that reached the Top 40.

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Lady and the Tramp

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12 side-splitting his by Hattie Noel and Billy Mitchell.   Dootone Novelty Series.   I don’t know Billy’s work, but I’d like to learn more based on this photo.

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Lp chubby lover

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Stubby Kaye. “Music for Chubby Lovers” Seeco. Occasionally you’ll see — as I do now pulling records off the shelf to post here — how I used to insert myself into various cover scenes. This was pre-photoshop obviously.

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Off the charts

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