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eye eye eye!

Here’s a creative “fake” cover that someone doctored for Cool Records.   Accordeonpourri de Kermisklanten  Elf Provincien Records (The Netherlands)

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Riki Tiki Tivvy

“Tivvy’s Tune”   Tivvy and his Clubmates   Fontana Records  (1965)

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Doesn’t matter if you’re black or white

Tito Puente  “Black and White * French Barclay E.P.   Tracks: Ran Kan Kan / Mambo Gallego b/w Que lindo el mambo / Manbiando

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A serious man?

Our first Jewish transvestite record!  S. Dzigan   Galton Records (Israel)

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The eiffel truth

L’humour de Paris  Jean Poiret et Michel Serrault with Claude Vega RCA Victor Records (France)

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Coney Island babies

Coney Island featuring “the lady in blue” June Winters  Mayfair Records

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Sofa, so good

King Records (Japan)

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Won’t you come home Pearl Bailey?

Drummer Louis Bellson and his Quintet on Norgran Records (1954)  With Zoot Sims, Charlie Shavers, Don Abney, George Duvivier   This is a nice pensive portrait in monotone.   I imagine he’s listening to a playback at the recording session.

* Bellson was married to Pearl Bailey

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Looking for treble

Cool Polish 45 sleeve.

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Sketchy

“That’s the Way (I Like It)”    Top of the Pops  Volume 2    Looks like one of those old school notebook covers.

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