“Smooth Sarah” Sarah Vaughan  Mercury Records EP (UK)  A cool 1959 EP of the divine Sarah Vaughan in a moment of repose – maybe listening to the playback at a recording session or backstage at at club gig .  Smoking and cigarette smoke are a recurring image in the history of jazz photography and therefore found on many classic record covers.  (Check our out “smoking section” for more!).

(29 votes, average: 4.21 out of 5)

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Rene Cousinier “Histoires de Partour et D’Ailleurs”  A comedy routine on Fontana Records (France)  Released in 1959

(19 votes, average: 3.68 out of 5)

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Geval Trio / Las Cuatro Plumas “PSICOSIS” Philips Records (Spain)  Released in 1962.  Hitchcock’s “Pyscho” came out in 1960.  This is a kinda creepy, kinda silly accordion/organ (?) number.  This one’s all about the cover!

(17 votes, average: 3.41 out of 5)

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Peter Alexander  Polydor Records (Germany)

(14 votes, average: 3.57 out of 5)

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“Film Special”  Guadrifoglio Records (Italy)  Arsenio Bracco Orchestra No. 2

(29 votes, average: 4.45 out of 5)

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Creepy.  We love these really odd records.  Scary dolls.  This children’s record is from Mascot Records in Denmark circa 1958.   The artist is Olaf Kjeldstrup but the real star is the ragdoll with the ukelele.

(18 votes, average: 4.17 out of 5)

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Joe Loss and his Orchestra  “Top Pop Dance Party”  EMI Columbia Records (UK)

(13 votes, average: 4.08 out of 5)

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Royal Straight Flush  Ruben Perez and his Orchestra  RGE Records (Brazil)  Winning!

(8 votes, average: 3.50 out of 5)

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Yves “Mr. Bong Bong” Lemieux  Garentie de Qualite Records (Canada).  (1969)

(20 votes, average: 3.55 out of 5)

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Monchito “Las Secretarias” Polydor Records (France)

(19 votes, average: 3.89 out of 5)

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