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Sheena is a pink rocker

Pink Panther PUNK   KidStuff Records     (Includes “Another Brick in the Wall”!)   Makes me think of other songs that might be on Vol. ii.   Of course, all other songs by Pink Floyd.   And those by Pink herself.    How about Prince’s “Pink Cashmere”?   Bruce’s “Pink Cadillac”?

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No Fun

The Stooges     Their debut album on Elektra Records   (1969)     Photo by Joel Brodsky     Here’s “No Fun” to kick off side B.

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Kings of Sierra Leon

“Afro Soco Soul”   by Geraldo Pino & The Heartbeats   Featuring “Born To Be Free”   EMI Records (Nigeria) (1972) Sierra Leonian originators of afro-funk who settled in Nigeria in the late 60s and recorded three lps  - this being the first.

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Let’s play: Name That Album Cover!

Be the first to correctly name the artist and album name of 5 of the 6 cover images here and win a free LP Cover Love T-shirt!

WE’VE GOT A WINNER! Thanks to all who took the challenge – many of you got at least 4 and there were six of you that listed all 6.   But the first to respond correctly was Lp cover lover Keith from Pottsville, PA. who has a collection of 30,000 lps, including these six albums:

(1)   Dr. John / Gumbo   (back cover)

(2) Frank Zappa / Hot Rats

(3) Laura Nyro / More Than A New Discovery

(4) Marvin Gaye / I Want You (art by Ernie Barnes)

(5) Count Basie / RCA (art by Andy Warhol)

(6) Roy Orbison / Dreams

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Sophia’s voice

Sophia Loren singing in French   Barclay Records

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Face the music

Paul Rosine and Yvon LeFranc   “Gene Exilie”   JoJo Records (France)

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Barrels of fun

“Hot Shots of Reggae”   Trojan Records (1970)   With Delroy Wilson and “Show Me the Way” Produced by the legendary Leslie Kong

Ken Boothe – Freedom Street
Melodians – Sweet Sensation
The Maytals – Monkey Man
Ken Boothe – Why Baby Why
Beverley’s All Stars – Cotton Dandy
Joe White – So Much Love

The Maytals – She’s My Scorcher
The Pioneers – Simmer Down Quashie
The Gaylads – There’s a Fire
Delroy Wilson – Show Me the Way
The Gaylads – This Time I Won’t Hurt You
Bruce Ruffin – I’m the One

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It takes two

Sakura Teng and Rita Chao with The Quests   “Talk of the Town” EMI Records (Singapore)     The album includes English, Mandarin and Japanese songs.     Late Sixties.

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Cat power

Here’s the soundtrack EP for Josephine Siao’s 1967 film The Golden Cat (飛賊金絲貓), another one of her sadly unavailable “Jane Bond” movies. (Pathe/EMI Records)   (China)     “Hear this at Soft Film and Explore the ephemeral past of Chinese entertainment from Hong Kong, the U.S.A., and around the world: vaudeville pioneers, flappers, aviatrices, burlesque dancers, hula hoopers, movie queens, sex bombs, jade girls, tomboys, pin-ups, sour beauties, girl jocks, swordswomen, and go-go girls.”

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Flaming lips

“Au Pays du Cafe”   Trio Math Samba   Decca Records (France)

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