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Space age Blast Off!

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Blast Off! by Ferrante and Teicher.

These guys sure were good sports.   I can imagine the environment in the Marketing and Art Depts. of ABC-Paramount in these days.   They must have had a lot of laughs.

(22 votes, average: 3.45 out of 5)

Call of the wild

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(21 votes, average: 3.62 out of 5)

Pretty thief

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(30 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)

Chain letters

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(8 votes, average: 3.13 out of 5)

War machine

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(22 votes, average: 3.27 out of 5)

Bahama mama

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Another nice one from Muriels Treasure.

(15 votes, average: 4.33 out of 5)

Calyps0

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This and other nice Calypso covers at Muriels Treasure!

(13 votes, average: 3.23 out of 5)

Acid redux

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Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out with Dr. Timothy Leary, the LSD-inspired Harvard professor turned shaman to a generation. This is a Mercury records soundtrack release to an exploitation flick about Leary. One of four or five albums featuring Leary that came out in the sixties.

(13 votes, average: 2.92 out of 5)

Cloak and dagger

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Like a pulp magazine or dimestore paperback illustration, this cover tells the story of the music dramatically. “Spanish Spy” on the small Rep Records label.

(16 votes, average: 4.44 out of 5)

Salacious Salero

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Salero by Orquesta “Siboney” on the Kubaney label. I love the little cartoon illustrations!

(16 votes, average: 3.38 out of 5)