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Black witchcraft

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“Macumba” on the Brazilian Sinter label. This is one of the most amazing covers. A real voodoo ritual complete with the rooster blood letting, the live snake, the priestess and her pipe and most disturbingly the man in a trance licking the blood from his hand. I’m spooked to even be writing about it. Curses!

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Life is good

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Al Compas De Mis Recuerdos. Why are there always records laying around on the floor?   Check out the groovy portable turntable with the removable speakers. Check out the babe. Check out the dude with the blue stocking socks, the tall cocktail, the cigarette and the far away look of a guy enjoying his groovy portable turntable, his hot babe, his cocktail, cigarette, tight fitting, powder blue stocking socks and albums spread on the floor around his feet. Ahhhh, life IS good.

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The red light district

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This is a Greek soundtrack from the movie “Red Lanterns.”    The story is about a suburb of Athens, called Trouba, famous for its prostitutes.   — (Thanks for information Loan Me A Dime!)

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White toast master

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George Jessel “Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups” Riot Records. Jessel was born in Harlem and was once a bat boy for the New York Giants. Once the vaudeville partner of Eddie Cantor and Walter Winchell, he appeared often on the Johnny Carson and Jack Parr show and this album is an answer to the many requests from around the country to finish the stories he could not tell on TV in their entirety. George was given the title of “Toast Master General of the United States” toast mastering functions for Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman. Cover Art Work by : Burt Portnoy & Bob Ghiraldini

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Noel you didn’t!

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“A Date With Noel McKay” – Sophisticated Adult Humour on Viking Records (New Zealand)

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Fido in disguise

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Another Yvette Horner record. This time her crazy dog has the accordion!

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Smoke signal

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“Apache”

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Candle wax

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Nightcap on Westminster Hi-fi Records.

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Four play

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Check out the cool “femlin” Party label.   “Music for…” (Fill in the blank)

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Lady and the Tramp

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12 side-splitting his by Hattie Noel and Billy Mitchell.   Dootone Novelty Series.   I don’t know Billy’s work, but I’d like to learn more based on this photo.

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