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January 23rd, 2010 in 45 Picture Sleeves, Happy Hour by lpcoverlover | 1 Comment

“Tequila” Carlos Campos RCA

(41 votes, average: 3.39 out of 5)

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Hands touching hands

January 21st, 2010 in Hands, Help Wanted, S+E+X by lpcoverlover | 7 Comments

“US” A self-help album for married couples from the “Family Enrichment Bureau”. Lectures by author (“The Male Mystique”) and Bureau Director Urban Steinmetz

Side 1: “Married Life” ( Marriage has five stages. The honeymoon stage; disillusionment; misery; the time of awakening; and the time of love.)

Side 2: “The Many Meanings of Sexual Intercourse” (“Sex is never the problem in a marriage. It’s just the experience where all our other problems seem to come into focus.”)

(55 votes, average: 2.64 out of 5)

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King of the conga

January 18th, 2010 in Bongos and Bagels, Drugs, Latin, Types and Fonts by lpcoverlover | 5 Comments

“Acid” Ray Barretto Fania Records (1968) A classic. A well-know dance floor firestarter, but also a great cover worthy of another look. Features “Acid”, “Teacher of Love”, “Mercy, Mercy, Baby”, “Soul Drummers”, “A Deeper Shade of Soul” – the whole LP is an afro-latin, soul, funk and boogaloo fusion that makes you wanna move your feet. “Have you heard them cooking / The Soul Drummers / well they play so cool / Soul Drummers / so hard to resist / Soul Drummers / with the African twist.” A jewel in the amazing Fania catalog. Drop “Acid” at your next party and see what happens.

(61 votes, average: 3.62 out of 5)

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A day to marimba

January 18th, 2010 in Latin Loco, Strange Instruments by lpcoverlover | 4 Comments

?El Dipsy Doodle? The Dancing Marimbas of Harold Spina Dot Records

(46 votes, average: 3.52 out of 5)

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Cabin boy

January 16th, 2010 in For Heaven's Sake, Puppets, Dolls, Stuffed Animals by lpcoverlover | 10 Comments

The Mountain Man and Leroy!! Mountain Tales Vol. 1 A rarely seen entry in the freaky christian ventriliquist and puppet genre. This guy looks like he spent a little too much time in a cabin in the hills alone with his doll.

(52 votes, average: 3.56 out of 5)

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I’ll be there

January 16th, 2010 in Illustration, Jazz, Party!!! by lpcoverlover | 10 Comments

New Orleans Jazz Festival Turk Murphy Columbia Records THE New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival started in 1970 with performances by Mahalia Jackson and Duke Ellington, Pete Fountain, Al Hirt, Clifton Chenier, Fats Domino, The Meters, The Preservation Hall Band and included parades every day with The Olympia Brass Band and Mardi Gras Indians. I’ve been to “JazzFest” six times since 1990 and plan on returning this year in April. I’ve seen everyone from Stevie Ray Vaughan and Bob Dylan to countless blues, soul, gospel and zydeco acts over the years. It’s a music and food and good time orgy of non-stop fun.

(53 votes, average: 3.91 out of 5)

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