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Dog gone
Lightning Hopkins on Kent Records. “Original Folk Blues” From the collection of Rockalain.
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Samba fever
This is from another great site for Brazilian lp covers organized by label. Check out Sabadadaba.
(24 votes, average: 3.42 out of 5) Loading ...Sweet and lovely
From the movie Candy from the book and screenplay by Terry Southern. Candy was played by Ewa Aulin who was a 16-year-old Miss Sweden when she began her career in exploitation cinema, starting with prolific erotic aesthete Tinto Brass’ Deadly Sweet (1967), followed by her breakthrough role as the teen temptress in Giulio Questi’s Death Laid An Egg alongside European mega-stars Gina Lollabrigida and Jean-Louis Trinignant (a role she would re-imagine for The Double (1971). Aulin was unleashed on American audiences with the movie adaptation of Terry Southern’s psychedelic Candy in 1968, where she floated through the muddled incestuous subplot with an endearing naivete. 1972-73 were Aulin’s banner years in terms of onscreen skin, appearing in a few of the better Decamerotics, including My Pleasure is Your Pleasure and Vittorio De Sisti’s Fiorina the Cow, but her piece de resistance – whose steamy lesbian sequence was cut out for American release – was Joe D’Amato’s Death Smiles on A Murderer (1972). In 2002, the German TV doco Ewa Aulin – Die Zeit mit mir als Candy was assembled in tribute to this Swedish nymphette, whose career was brief but momentous.
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Born in the USA
A nice early rock n’ roll single from Uncle Gil in France.
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“Puppet On A String” Sakura Accompanied by The Quests.
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What could be better than a Singapore singer covering western pop songs in broken English with a fuzz-guitar backing. Here for your enjoyment is Sakura’s four- track 1967 EP featuring Puppet On A String plus six superb tracks from her album Sakura Goes Boom Boom.
Sandie Shaw notoriously disowned the ’60s Eurovision novelty song Puppet On A String but Sakura Teng has made it her own, and even poses as puppets (and puppeteer!) on the sleeve. And what the hell is she wearing? Presumably silver tights and baby doll dresses were all the rage in Singapore in ’67. Chinese singers famously have trouble singing western lyrics so you have to admire Sakura who not only impersonates Elvis on Rock ‘n’ Roll Yodelling Guy but also (you guessed it) yodels. Is there anything this woman can’t do!
But save room for her take of the John Lee Hooker classic from her album Sakura Goes Boom Boom which has to be heard to be believed, and the fuzz guitar-driven cover of Connie Francis’ Stupid Cupid. Sakura is backed by a band called The Quests who were seemingly the in-house band at EMI-Columbia, Singapore and also backed other singers including Rita Chao.
Note: the back of the album bears the advertising legend: ‘Sakura also goes bazazz with Max Factor’!
– Contributed by: David Noades
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