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Outer Space and Rockets

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Travellin’ band

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OUT OF THIS WORLD Archie Silansky and His High Flyers  Vocalists:  Bobby Angel, Vasco Cordoni, Maureen Rayson.  Gallotone Records (South Africa)  Circa 1960.  From the liner notes:  “Having gone right around the globe … Archie Silansky now blasts off into outer space to continue his musical travels out of this world.  Twisting into orbit with the High Flyers and vocally assisted by Vasco Cordoni, Bobby Angel and Maureen Rayson, Archie presents rocket age arrangements of tunes dedicated to the various planets that have become his new ports of call and to the gods who rule them.”

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Outta Site!!

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Major Tom Dooley

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Amazing!  Spaceway Ballads “Folk Songs of the Rocketmen (Circa 2075 AD)  On Ficker Records (out of Old Greenwich, Connecticut!)

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Moonlight Mel

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Mel Torme “Swingin’ on the Moon”  A World Record Club Release from the UK of the 1960 Verve release below.

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Dance your Asimov!

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Hello Matthew, Here is the cover from a very special LP.  My father bought it in the early 70’s. He used some special sounds (“filmsounds”) from this LP for the films that he made with his Super 8 camera.  I still have the record in my collection.  Hope you like it!  Regards from Oliver in Germany

Science Fiction Dance Party  POP Records (Germany)

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Planet rock

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Schlager-Reise  Decca Records (Germany)

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Martian and Lewis

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Les Chakachas  “Un Marziano Sulla Terra”  (“Visit to a Small Planet”)  RCA Italiana (Italy)  Jerry Lewis is Kreton, a childish alien who, against his teacher’s will leaves his planet to visit the Earth.  From 1960, this is the film version of Gore Vidal’s stage hit.  Later re-made as TV’s Mork and Mindy.

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Salut!

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Wow! This is a cool one that we just picked up.  That’s Jane Fonda in a Barbarella-like space suit on the cover of “Weekend Party” – an orchestra ez-listening record.  This is from France.  On the National Records label.

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The Golden Rocket

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OLE REJSER TIL MANEN  TONO Records  (10″)  2 x 78RPM    Latest entry into the Hall of Fame.

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Atomic dogs

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Sooty sings “My Friend and I” b/w “Super Sonic Sooty Spug”  EMI Records (England)  (1973)  Sleeve Illustration  Joe Tattersall   Okay, so Sooty was a BEAR, not a dog (thanks).  We’re open to a better headline here!

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