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Cut Chemist trades his doll for a turntable

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Frank Luther. Johnny Gruelle’s “Raggedy Ann Songs and Stories” on Vocalion.

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The wizard of osmosis

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“Learn While You Sleep”   Sleep Teaching:   A 20th Century Marvel.   Release the power of your subconscious mind.

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There’s a riot going on!

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“Riot In The Rumpus Room” Party Songs Sung by Cliff Steward and his boys. Coral. The sub-heading of this site might just be “riot in the rumpus room.”

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Got any singles?

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“Amor De Mi Bohio”   Fernando Fernandez   Maya Records.

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Little folkers

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Music for Little Folk Singers in Hi-Fi.   Merry Go Round Records.

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Spinning gold all night

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Wolf Berger Party Band “Happy Happy Happy” Telefunken Records. Every thursday from 11-2, Wolf came alive spinning disco gold from his perch above the dance floor in the basement discotech at the Hilton hotel out on route 5.   (Otis, let’s take a closer look…

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Who do you love?

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Meanwhile, just next door…

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Two concept lps from the folks at Coral Records. “We Like Girls!” and “We Like Guys!” (Notice the exclamation points as if to say they really like them.)

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Disc jockey

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Columbia Records compilation from Brazil   “As 14 Mais”   Volume 7.

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Riding the grooves

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“At the Hi-Fi Jazz Band Ball”   Gene Mayl’s Dixieland Rhythm Kings.   Riverside.   Designed by Paul Bacon.   Photo by Paul Weller.   Look at the elegance of that tone arm, sweeper, cartridge and needle.   What a photo!   A portrait of a turntable from the golden age of Hi-Fi.

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Elementary

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“Adventures in Music” RCA Victor. A box of three classical music 45’s produced to introduce second graders to the wonders of music. Every school used to have these boxey record players in classrooms and the library too. And just look at the fun that they’re having. Circa 1960.

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