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Tango and Castro

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Attilio and His Tangos Orchestra  “Dracula Tango”  Vogue Records  (France)  Bernard Monie illustration (1974)

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Collage Daze

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“Advance Promotion” by Pato C.  Rowt Records (Uraquay).  According to Discogs, Pato C was an Argentine DJ, pioneer in Argentina in the edition of mixed discs and musical selector of rock & roll, funk, Latin and electronic music through his own label and other distributors in the 1970s to early 1990s.  So this is a vinyl mixtape with some cool soul and funk cuts.  We love the artsy, primitive collage cover!

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Two silhouettes

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Guitare  Les Teen Guitares  “Teen Twist”  Crylor Records (France)  Cool one side flexi-disc

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Another one bites the disc

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Johnny Kraaykamp  “OM IN TE BIJTEN”  Romance Records (Holland)

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Pretty baby

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Carroll Baker  “Baby Doll”  P hilips Records (France)  Music from the Warner Bros. film by Tennessee Williams.  Directed by Elia Kazan.

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Kit Cat

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Surprise Party  Biscothèque LESPEAU – SURPRISE PARTY 7.  Orchestre LESPEAU.  Artistic Director: Pierre SPIERS.  Illustration by Alain CARRIER .

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You Go To My Head

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DRUNKS “Hilarious off-guard encounters with inebriates”!  Collected by Sheldon Allman.  Del-Fi Records.  Actual man-in-the-street type recordings of drinkers gone too far.  Sheldon is the guy behind a couple of LP Cover Lover hall of famers – the outer space classic “Folk Songs For The 21st Century” and the 1961 monster spoof record “Sing Along With Drac” (also on Del-Fi).

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Lounge music

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Relaxing with Niagarans (1964). Promotional LP for Niagara’s “Cyclo-Massage” Furniture.  RELAX!!

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Joey to the World

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Lynn E. Wickstrom with his Pal Joey!  Hi Joey!  Another obscure DIY Christian puppet record saved here from obscurity.  (After a nasty break up with Lynn over writing credits, Joey retired with his earnings from this recording to a shed in upstate New York.)

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Capisci?

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Fredo en Italie  Les Histoires de Fredo  Vogue Records (France)

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