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Louis “Country & Western” Armstrong

Contributed by Stephen Coles on Sep 12th, 2016. Artwork published in .
Louis “Country & Western” Armstrong 1
Source: garagesaleterritory.blogspot.com Photo via Objets Noirs, Choses Carrées (edited for clarity). License: All Rights Reserved.

Perhaps the strangest of Louis Armstrong’s many recordings*, and the design reflects that fact. Note the eszett used as an ampersand — a mistake we’ve seen before on phototype record covers.

* Critic Eugene Chadbourn is not a fan:

No rating system of any kind can really describe just what a total piece of crap it is. This is the last Louis Armstrong record anyone ever needs to get.

Louis “Country & Western” Armstrong 2
Source: garagesaleterritory.blogspot.com Photo via Objets Noirs, Choses Carrées (edited for clarity). License: All Rights Reserved.

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