“Class, who can identify the verb in this sentence – I need a fuckin’ drink now,”

Elementary Grammer with Music: “The Parts of Speech”       “Sing and Learn with Rebecca Warden”   (Nice last name for a teacher.)

(45 votes, average: 3.60 out of 5)

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Mr. ESP   “From the Twilight World…Top Secrets of Tomorrow”   Mr. Ronald Edwin with Predictions on Politics, Space Field, Science, Stock Market, Destiny of Nations, Personalities, Natural Disasters, WOMEN(?), Espionage, After 62-64.   Galiko Records

(42 votes, average: 3.38 out of 5)

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“The Conquest of Space”   A conversation between Dr. Wernher von Braun and Willy Ley.   Vox Records.

(44 votes, average: 3.30 out of 5)

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“Hallowe’en” Composed and Narrated by Lionel Barrymore Story and Lyrics by Dailey Paskman. MGM Records

(44 votes, average: 3.45 out of 5)

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Iceberg Slim “Reflections” (1976) ALA Records. Producer: David Drozen; Executive producer: Louis Drozen; Photography: Robert Wotherspoon. Former Chicago pimp and convict, Slim (Robert Beck) reformed and became a published and celebrated author with his first autobiography, PIMP, The Story of My Life in 1969.   Slim passed away in 1992 at the age of 73. Rappers Ice Cube and Ice T, both cite Slim as the inspiration for their names.

With his polished delivery and smooth, almost soothing voice, Iceberg Slim could have been one of any number of beatnik poets, delivering elaborate monologues over smooth background music on 1976’s Reflections. The difference is Iceberg Slim (neé Robert Beck) was a pimp, and his stories are scathingly explicit, and, more often than not, extraordinarily compelling. The language can get graphic; this is not an album for the squeamish. For those who aren’t easily offended, though, this album will be spellbinding. Slim’s skills as a storyteller cannot be overstated; even at his crudest, he still spins riveting yarns. “The Fall” is virtually autobiographical, depicting his last days as a pimp and what sent him on a downfall to prison, leavened with scabrous humor.

“Broadway Sam” is a mean, hilarious story of another pimp who has the tables turned on him in prison. The second half of the record, though, is more poignant, as Slim remembers a lost love on “Durealla” and comes to terms with his relationship with his late mother on “Mama Debt.” Throughout the record, Slim is backed by jazzy music courtesy of the Red Holloway Quartet, which enhances the stories without overshadowing them. Many years later, of course, Slim would serve as the inspiration for gangsta rappers like Ice-T (who named himself after Slim) and Schoolly D. Too many of Slim’s followers, though, lack the mixture of street smarts and the intellectual and emotional depth shown here. For anyone interested in the roots of modern urban culture, Reflections is a must-hear. – Victor W. Valdivia, All Music Guide

(37 votes, average: 3.05 out of 5)

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Front and back of “Planet of the Apes” including 4 Stories “Planet of the Apes”, “Escape From the Planet of the Apes”, “Battle for the Planet of the Apes”, “Beneath the Planet of the Apes”. On POWER Records. From 1974. Man these movies blew my adolescent mind! And there’s a fifth — “Conquest of the Planet of the Apes,” the fourth in the movie series from 1972.

(38 votes, average: 3.39 out of 5)

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A neat Andy Warhol illustrated cover for Tennesse Williams Reading from “The Glass Menagerie, The Yellow Bird and Five Poems”. On Caedmon. Text and line drawings by Warhol (his signature clear in the upper left hand corner). Nice washes of color too.

(25 votes, average: 3.40 out of 5)

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