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		<title>Learn Code with the Ameco Code Course (1957)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So you&#8217;ve got a teenage daughter who&#8217;s worn her thumbs down to nubs due to excessive texting.  And now you don&#8217;t know how to stop her before she wears down a few more digits.  Have you considered teaching Princess morse code?  Throw away her cell phone and let her re-live the glory days of comminication by installing a telegraph in her room. &#8220;OMG you&#8217;re my total BFF&#8221; becomes &#8220;_ _ _   _ _   __ .     _ . _ _   _ _ _   . . _   . _ .   .     _&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://vinylfromhell.com/?p=1082</link>
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		<title>Big Ben Banjo Band &#8211; Dancin&#8217; Banjos (1958)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Big Ben Banjo Band was created in the 1950&#8242;s by U.K. conductor Norrie Paramor.  After WWII, Paramor had grown tired of touring with various Jazz bands and decided to concentrate on studio work.  Ironically, both of his creations, the Big Ben Banjo Band and the Big Ben Hawaiian Band, grew so popular that he had to arrange tours of the U.K. to satisfy demand for their music.  There&#8217;s not much information in cyberspace about either orchestra, but Paramor had a long career with EMI and the BBC.  If you want his full story check out his Bio here. According&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://vinylfromhell.com/?p=1063</link>
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		<title>Bill &amp; Dick (1964)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I had high hopes for this album.  When I spotted it at the local Goodwill, I was hoping that Bill &#38; Dick would be a religious folk duo.  The religious part is a given since this record was released on Word Records.  But unfortunately, Bill &#38; Dick are backed by what sounds like, at times, an enormous symphony.  The whole thing is waaaaaay too over the top for my primitive tastes. My favorite part of this album is obviously the cover photo.  My dad wore glasses just like these guys when I was a kid.  Heck, I suppose most guys&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://vinylfromhell.com/?p=1030</link>
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		<title>Alix Dobkin &#8211; Living With Lesbians (1976)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just about soiled myself when I saw this record at a garage sale back in May.  It certainly was one of the odder sales that I&#8217;ve been to this year.  In addition to this gem and a couple other 1970&#8242;s lesbian albums, the old guy who was hosting the sale also had a grocery bag full of lesbian porn for sale.  I&#8217;m sure there was a good story there but I couldn&#8217;t figure out a way to inquire about his music and video tastes without appearing like a total perv myself.  So I forked over seventy-five cents for the&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://vinylfromhell.com/?p=978</link>
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		<title>Guy Carawan &#8211; Green Rocky Road (1976)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I figured that there wouldn&#8217;t actually be anything &#8220;hellish&#8221; about this album but since it&#8217;s fairly obscure, it still warrants a posting.  Particularly since I happen to enjoy the sound of the hammered dulcimer which Mr. Carawan certainly excels at playing.  Overall, the whole record has a nice Appalachian/folksy/Celtic feel to it.  There&#8217;s nothing offensive to the senses and it&#8217;s damn fine music to do homework to. The only videos of Guy that I could find were of him playing guitar so for anyone who might be wondering &#8220;what is a hammered dulcimer and how can I learn to play one?&#8221;,&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://vinylfromhell.com/?p=918</link>
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		<title>Dr. Kenneth McFarland &#8211; The Best of Ken McFarland&#8217;s Humor (1966)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love collecting old comedy records.  When I first heard Bob Newhart&#8217;s &#8220;Button Down Mind&#8221; and Bill Cosby&#8217;s &#8220;Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Guy&#8230;.Right?&#8221;, I was hooked.  They&#8217;re both classics that I measure other comedy albums against, even 40 years after they were released.   What I enjoy most about older comedy albums is that they were clean.  (Ok, maybe not Redd Foxx).  I&#8217;m not talking hygiene here.  I mean they lacked profanity.  People could entertain without dropping F bombs every ten seconds.  For me, there&#8217;s just nothing funny about most comedians who work blue.  Once in a great&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://vinylfromhell.com/?p=905</link>
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		<title>Walt Johnson &#8211; Oulun Poika Laulaa</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a sucker for homemade album projects, so I was thrilled to stumble on this gem last weekend at a local church garage sale.  They actually had a second album of Walt&#8217;s so I grabbed that one too.  According to the album, Walt and his wife were born and raised in the Oulu area of northern Wisconsin.  For those who aren&#8217;t familiar with the area, it&#8217;s beautiful country with the highlight being the nearby Bois Brule River.  A world class trout stream and stunning canoe and kayak destination.  And don&#8217;t miss Johnson&#8217;s Berry Patch around the end of June.  An&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://vinylfromhell.com/?p=887</link>
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		<title>Zuhrah Shrine Chanters &#8211; Encore (1986)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I hear the word &#8220;Shriners&#8221;, I think of a couple different things.  The first being the 22 children&#8217;s hospitals that they operate in North America.  There&#8217;s no arguing that it&#8217;s a great cause that does a lot to paint an image of Shriners as wholesome, God-fearing, businessmen.  The other thing that I think of is a bunch of old, drunken guys riding around in little cars for parades or acting badly at conventions.  Here&#8217;s the story of one of these car stunts gone awry: Drunken Rampage And here&#8217;s a video of another one plowing into a crowd: I don&#8217;t want&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://vinylfromhell.com/?p=860</link>
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		<title>Hugo Molinares y Sus Magnificos &#8211; Salsa, Cumbia y&#8230;..Sabor (1984)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What do you get when you combine a 1980&#8242;s porn star mustache with the sensibility of a sleeveless Member&#8217;s Only jacket?  You get Hugo Molinares of course.  That&#8217;s about the only thing I can dis&#8217; Hugo on though as his band plays some fantastic salsa music.  The real problem is trying to find any information at all on Hugo in English, as my Spanish is&#8230;&#8230;how do I say this&#8230;..no hablo Espanol. After several minutes of Googling, I gave up trying to find any info on Hugo.  About all I can tell you is that the album was recorded in Columbia&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://vinylfromhell.com/?p=842</link>
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		<title>Polka Padre &#8211; Polka Padre Hits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nothing says Catholicism in northern Minnesota quite like a good polka mass.   If you&#8217;re wondering why, drive through one of the many mining towns that dot the Iron Range.  The first thing you&#8217;ll notice is the sheer number of bars in each town.  My guess is that the only way they could get these motley hoards to church was by promising some good old fashioned party music.  And let&#8217;s face it, if you&#8217;re going to party on the Range, there better be a damn good polka band. Ten years ago , I couldn&#8217;t see myself getting into polka music.  But sadly,&#8230;]]></description>
		<link>http://vinylfromhell.com/?p=802</link>
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