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John Jenkins, Clifford Jordan and Bobby Timmons.   With Wilbur Ware and Dannie Richmond. Prestige/New Jazz 8232.   From 1957.

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Cool cat

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Felix the Cat: Television Cartoon Star goes record shopping. 1960.

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Stop blogging and come to bed!

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A great shot of French film actress Annie Cordy.

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The under assistant West Coast promotion man

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Super Schtroumpf!

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Les Smurfs

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Magda carta

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Bird Lives!

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The IMMORTAL Charlie Parker.   Savoy MG12001

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Outa sight!

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The Original Blind Boys of Alabama on Savoy Records. (1961)

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Apocalypse now

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“I’ll Never Be Afraid” by the Gospel Rythm-Aires.   A superior example of outsider, DIY cover art.   Beautiful in its simplicity and naivete.   Mixed media here all comes together for a doomsday message of hope, faith and salvation.   See the ghostly figure of Jesus in nature craddling the band as Armeggedon hits the big city.

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s …

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He’s the prostletizing lap puppet Clyde Hyde by day, at night he answers God’s call as Superdummy.

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