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Cash only

Johnny Cash EP on London Records (UK)  An early Sun recording with “I Walk the Line”  (1958)

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Coupes upside your head

The Deuce Coupes  The Shut Downs  (I’m not sure whether the group here is The Deuce Coupes or the Shut Downs.)  Crown Records  A budget label that specialized in hot rod releases, this one features studio session man Jerry Cole, sax solos, some anonymous vocals and racing engines.

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Mama, I’m sorry!

Another Laff Records adult comedy routine from The Johnny Otis Show featuring Mantan Moreland and Livingood  “That Ain’t My Finger!

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Bitch’s brew?

Patti Stewart and the Fellas  “30 Party Songs”   Planet Records (New Zealand)

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Chinese characters

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A gender bender from down under

“The Fabulous Mr. Noel McKay” on Viking Records and “Bold ‘n Blue”  (Recorded Live at MoJo’s Nitespot in Auckland, New Zealand)  Calendar Records (New Zealand)

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To surf with love

“Surf Party”  A french EP compilation on the Barclay Records label.

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Bat’s entertainment

The Ventures  “Batman Theme”  b/w  “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.”   Liberty Records (Japan)

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That’s Amor

JAYNE MANSFIELD   “Amor”  Dinner Music by the Regent Concert Orchestra  Regent Records

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Hollywood slingin’

“Philco Thinks of You First….In Hollywood”   One of a series of promotional records released by Columbia Records Special Products for the consumer electronics manufacturer Philco (a division of Ford) each spotlighting one of their stereo and TV consoles coupled with a groovy cover girl (this one curled up in a mod, fur sling chair).  Contains cheesy-listening tunes from movies of the day like “Funny Girl” by Barbra Streisand, “Exodus” by Percy Faith and “Days of Wine and Roses” by Ray Conniff Singers.

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