Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of record covers from the golden age of LPs


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Man’s best friend

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This is from a series of eight records on Decca called “Mood jazz in Hi Fi”, each with a different animal on the cover.   This one features “Toots” Thielemans, certainly the best, (if not the only), jazz harmonica player.

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On both fronts

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This is a rare record because it has two “front” covers. Two very different approaches to “classical music for people who don’t know anything about classical music.”

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Separated at birth?

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Sometimes covers in distant parts of the world seem to just match up too well. Or is this the same model and photo shoot. Martin Denny’s Primativa (1958) on Liberty is a staple of any exotica/bachelor pad/lounge collection. But this Arturo Romero record on Orfeon from Mexico may even pre-date it.

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Bruce Lee

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Liquor? I hardly know her

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Cannonball Adderley

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Goofy’s Dance Party

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I know you’re in there!

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Soon she’ll be seeing people in her wine glass too.   On the Kubaney label out of Miami, Fla.

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Esquire’s Hot Jazz 1946

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Esquire’s 1946 Hot Jazz Award Winners   RCA Victor Records   Supervised by Leonard Feather.

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Kitten on the Keys

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