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Mother’s little helper

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Guys and China dolls

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Out Satan!!

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“The Demon Possessed Boy”   A T.L. Osborn Evangelistic Production   Like A.A. Allen, Osborn was a Soul Crusader who traveled the country - the world - healing the sick and possessed, driving out demons and performing assorted miracles.  He recorded his big tent revival meetings and audience responses.  This record features a boy who misfiled his father’s records one day, leading his father to suspect the devil’s hand and bring him to see the great and mighty Osborn.  In this recording, T.L. dramatically illustrates his power of exorcism, leaving the boy cleansed, never to mistake James Brown with Clifford Brown again.  True story.

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Red hot

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Daniel Santos “!Candela!  Fuentes Records  This one is just gorgeous!

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Super boy

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You gotta hear these!  Christopher Hart  sings   “Gipsy Man” with the St. Julian’s School Choir under the “leadership” of Maestro Cesar Batalha.  RT Records (1981)  Art:  Maria Lucia  / Photography:  Lourenco  (Portugal)  Thanks to lp cover lover, Paolo Martins for writing “Christopher Hart rocks all you teens out of your closet with his fabulous double 45.”

Gipsy Man:  Every kid dreams of freedom outdoors.

“I’m am the gayest Gipsy man that rides inside a caravan”

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The “B” side: “Super Boy

Super Boy:  A song about British superpowers.

“I’m always so supreme when I have my daydream”

Paolo adds: Maestro César Batalha composed a lot of children music. He’s responsible for the theme of the band Onda Choc in the 90’s and several others. Onda Choc was a pre-teen cover band.  Gipsy Man was also sung in Portuguese and its melody spread everywhere where emigrants with children went.  A French friend of mine recalls the song in Portuguese as Little Gipsy Woman, not Man.   I’m not sure where Christopher Hart came in, but he’s British and probably sang in St Julians School Choir.  Maybe there was some effort to internationalize Maestro Cesar’s themes by bringing in some foreign singers.

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That’s Frankenfeld, Franken FELD!

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“Horror Skop 63″  Von Peter Franken…feld  (Germany)

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Swing-a-bull

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“Jimmy La Vaca Swings Cha Cha Cha”  Gone Records

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Family fun

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

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Ironic Butterfly

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Shin Jung Hyun  “The Psychedelic Sound - In-A-Kadda-Da-Vida” (sic)  From Korea  (Another favorite from Drill Pop!)

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Smoking hot!

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A super cool 45 from Polydor Japan (Found at “Asian Drill Pop”)

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