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“Was that you?”

“FRUIT BOOTS”  Red Prysock and his Orchestra  Mercury Records (1957)  Red blew tenor.  Big band “rock ‘n roll”.

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Take it off! Take it off!

La Mascara Que Canta!  RCA Mexico    This reminds me of DeNiro as boxer Jake LaMotta in “Raging Bull” – over-the-hill and washed up, reciting poetry at a strip club.

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Read a good record lately?

Schlager – Magazin  Polydor Records (Germany)

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Long family. Short sighted.

The Chet Long Family from Akron, PA.  L-R:  Rhoda, Ruth and Chet

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Cole turkey

HOW TO:  “Stop Smoking by Cole”  An exhilarating technique!  Check out the smoking skull!  Looks more like an exorcism.

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(She’s a) femme fatale

“12 Hits … with Damiron”  Venevox Records  (Mexico)  This dame is one tough lover.  She’ll seduce any man and not think twice about leaving him broke and broken.   (File under:  Bad Girl Art)

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Fancy lads

“Dandy”  The Kinks  PYE Records (France)  From the album “Face to Face” (1966)

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A panty dropper

Maquito y su Jazz Band  Lyra Records

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Let the fat lady sing!

“De Juwelen Van Bianca Castafiore”    The Adventures of Tintin  (Coming to theaters this December from Steven Speilberg and Peter Jackson)

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It’s a crayon shame

Flamingo  “Kvintetten”  Platina Records (Sweden)  (Via Ulf)

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