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In space no one can hear you ho-ho-ho!

Space Age Santa Claus by Ross Christman with Patty Marie Joy and the Hal Bradley Orchestra   Delhi Records

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Hans down

“Hans en Grietje” – a 7″ record and book from Amsterdam.   This is the flexi disc cover.   The 10-page book has a spindle hole though every page.   Sweet old school fairy tale illustration.

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Where there’s smoke

“The Story of Fire”   AGOO – The Hunter     A Listen and Learn Record       (1964)   Tells the history and story of man’s first use of fire and teaches the child the safety rules to prevent fire, and not to play with matches, etc.

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Take me to the pilot

“JET SCRAMBLE”   Sounds of an Air Defence Command Mission   (from General Electric)   “Dedicated to America’s Defense”   Recorded by Emory Cook (The Cook label produced many sound effect and documentary records)

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Young Miles

Miles Davis   Vogue Records EP   from England   (Blue Note recordings)

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Hammond cheese

“The Many Moods of Ethel Smith”   Decca Records

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Nice and greasy

Pianist Harold Mabern “Greasy Kid Stuff”   Prestige Records Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, January 26, 1970

Lee Morgan (tp) Hubert Laws (fl, ts) Harold Mabern (p) Ivan “Boogaloo Joe” Jones (g -1) Buster Williams (b, el-b) Idris Muhammad (d)

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And they called it, puppet love

“Sunny Sounds” with Ann Marie & Jackie

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Who’s the clown in the brass section?

“E O Pahaco O Que E’?”   (Brazilian)

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Stripe Polka

“Polka Party”   Andre Musette Orchestra   RCA Camden Records   Illustration by Jim Flora

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