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“Delirium in Hi-Fi” Elsa Popping and Her Pixieland Band Fontana Records (UK) 1959. Jalousie-Tango; Beer Barrel Polka; Adios Muchachos-Tango; La Polka Du Roi. Illustrated by the great William Steig (Father of jazz flautist Jeremy Steig, FYI)
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“Chicago Days” Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five … Vol. 1 Jazz Panorama Records (1951) Cover illustration by J. Lee Anderson. Clarinet – Johnny Dodds Cornet, Lead Vocals – Louis Armstrong, Drums – Baby Dodds, Piano – Lil Hardin, Trombone – Kid Ory. Nice drawing in the style of Virgil (VIP) Partch. And not looking much like Louis and his Hot Five!
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PLANET ROCK MUSIC HMV RECORDS (DENMARK). Wow! I love these old Outer Space, Spaceman records from the 50’s. This EP is a comp of Pop Songs including “Red Planet Rock” by Don Lang, (Little Bitty Pretty One by Bobby Day; Alone by the Shepherd Sisters and Please Mister Brown by Alma Coogan) from Denmark and a really beaut!
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“Advance Promotion” by Pato C. Rowt Records (Uraquay). According to Discogs, Pato C was an Argentine DJ, pioneer in Argentina in the edition of mixed discs and musical selector of rock & roll, funk, Latin and electronic music through his own label and other distributors in the 1970s to early 1990s. So this is a vinyl mixtape with some cool soul and funk cuts. We love the artsy, primitive collage cover!
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“Cha Cha Cha” Orquesta America Vol. 1 Panart Records (Cuba)
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Pierre Dac Panache Records (France). André Isaac (August 15, 1893 Châlons-sur-Marne, France – February 9, 1975 Paris, France), better known as Pierre Dac, was a French humorist. During World War II, Pierre Dac was one of the speakers of the BBC’s Radio Londres service to occupied France. He produced a series of satirical songs which were broadcast on the station. After the war, he participated in a comic duet with the humorist Francis Blanche.
Dac is also the creator of the comic term “Schmilblick”.
The Schmilblick is an imaginary object first described in a nonsense prose by the French humorist Pierre Dac during the 1950s. According to its creator, the Schmilblick can be used in almost any occasion, therefore being strictly indispensable.
The Schmilblick resurfaced in 1969, in a TV show by Guy Lux and Jacques Antoine entitled Le Schmilblic (sometimes spelled Schmilblik or Schmilblick). The aim of the game was to guess the name of an object given some of its characteristics (color, shape, use and so on).
The word quickly became very popular in French language and was sometimes used as a synonym for thing or stuff, or something designating a strange or unknown object.
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Joe Loss and his Orchestra “Top Pop Dance Party” EMI Columbia Records (UK)
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A beautiful, first issue of the Decca Records UK release of Van Morrison and Them LP “Them Again” Decca LK 4751 (1966) Original UNBOXED red Decca label and in the original FLIPBACK cover. Cool cover photo of Van (barely a man). This was released on Parrot Records in the States.
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“Riff Medley” Conrad Gozzo and his Swing Wing RCA Victor Records
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“Stop Smoking thru Self-Hypnosis” Baron Von Brenner, Master Hypnotist From the “Scientific Suggestion Institute”!
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