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Anthony always got records for his birthday

April 8th, 2009 in Families, Records and Players by lpcoverlover | 5 Comments

“Songs We Love” Loretta Phillips and the Jubilaires Quartet (Loretta Phillips was my grandmothers name. But that’s not her.)

(20 votes, average: 4.30 out of 5)

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Family fun

March 18th, 2009 in Illustration, Records and Players, Wanted Records by lpcoverlover | 1 Comment

This may be my favorite cover ever! Alberto Closas con la orq. “Calisita” (Argentina)

(44 votes, average: 4.52 out of 5)

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And now for my vinyl act

March 14th, 2009 in Brazilian, Records and Players by lpcoverlover | 2 Comments

Franquito “Prodigioso” Copacabana Records But who’s balancing the books?

(47 votes, average: 3.64 out of 5)

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There once was a magic cover…

March 1st, 2009 in 45 Picture Sleeves, Records and Players, Wanted Records by lpcoverlover | 2 Comments

“Fables de La Fontaine” I’ve always loved covers that feature the cover on the cover on the cover and so on.

(39 votes, average: 4.31 out of 5)

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Surreal killer

February 26th, 2009 in 10", 78 RPM, Advertising, Illustration, Records and Players by lpcoverlover | 8 Comments

The Recorded Detailman.. When YOU are really free to listen…

So there’s more to this than meets the eye (or ear). Like Jackie Gleason famously tapping Salvador Dali for the cover of his easy listening pablum, this use of de Chirico-like artwork, is the inconcrous cover of a promotional record put out by ENZYPAN – an antacid and the “first thought in digestive disturbances” From the back cover: “Whether dyspepsia of functional, secretory or nervous origin; whether manifest by nausea and regurgitation, or by flatulence, gas pressure, irritable colon; whether accompanied by fermentative or putrefactive processes”

The music is “Le Tableau de L’Operation de la Taille” (“The Table of a Bladder Operation” ) by French composer, Marin Marais (1656-1728). The only musical description of a surgical operation. This record,circa 1950, offers the first modern performance and first recording of this unusual composition. It includes the recorded commentary of the composer’s original annotations announcing the phases of the progressing operation. The performance is by the Dutch viola da gamba player, Carel Boomkamp, accompanied by the French harpsichordist, Denyse Gouarne. One final note, this odd piece of medical and advertising history is a 10″ 78 RPM pressing on deep red vinyl.

(49 votes, average: 4.18 out of 5)

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