Uncle Bill's Record Collection

This photo library presents images from albums found in Uncle Bill's record collection. We've been moving them around for a while now, and thought it was time to share some of the amazing images. I'll be posting one every day, I hope you enjoy them!

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I know what you are thinking right now. If you've been there, it's a small world after all. I had this album growing up, and it sticks with you.

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Looks like a great movie. Who but Dean could pull this off?

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Didn't his mom ever tell him that playing an instrument on the water was dangerous? 

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Put me down, put me down! It's a swinging thing, by the Three Suns.

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I guess in the olden days, Santa had enough time to sit with the family and have a little sing a long.

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A special Christmas album from Firestone...

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All but one of these lovely girls are sisters. Can you guess which one is called Mom? 

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A fun album, it's the holidays done Mexican style!

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No wonder people are so unhappy. They haven't found this album.

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Always remember Jim Nabors from Gomer Pile. That's dating me. But, I hated his singing voice - the opposite of his silly high voice from TV. The rich baritone voice was a favorite of my Dad's, and we had to endure it on frequent plays on the 8 track.

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Love this cover illustration, and the type is really nice too. The Caroleers did a lot of albums with children's favorites, this was one of the earliest.

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Movember lasts right through the holidays with this album, The Tijuana Voices with Brass. Obviously not hair challenged.

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These helpful guys are the Three Suns - and they aren't only polite, they also put out a ton of music. A ding dong dandy Christmas is the name of a song, would love to hear that.

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Here's another version of the Doris Day Christmas album - I'd really like to give this a spin.

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Thought this was a comedy album, but turns out it's Jackie Gleason and instrumentals. Had to find out more -  You may be surprised to learn of his renown as a bandleader before his days on "The Honeymooners". Jackie Gleason was considered to be one of the fathers of what we call "lounge".