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Spam. We all get it. Most of it is caught and diverted by filters; others we can delete merely from reading the subject line. Some, we have to actually read into to determine it is an unsolicited pitch by email. Spam.

By some accounts, spam comprises nearly half of the millions of emails circulating daily. In recent years however, there is a rising popularity among spammers to do their carnival barking in the comment section of a blog.

In the article “How Spam Works” Marshal Brain enlightens us on the subject; where it comes from, how much there is, what is being done and other things.

For a few weeks this spot will show some of the sillier messages found in blogger comment spam. These will be quoted exactly, grammar, punctuation, spelling and content bungles included.

Here is today's exciting example.

From a post about Gerry Gerston Artwork:
Do you mind if I quote a few of your posts as long as I provide credit and sources back to your site? My website is in the exact same niche as yours and my users would definitely benefit from some of the information you present here. Please let me know if this okay with you. Many thanks! My page - spielautomat kostenlos spielen on Music Monday - Gerry Gersten Album Covers

Music Monday: A new Gerry Gersten find.

Did I mention Annie's abilty to spot a gem? She found this in a backroom of a junk shop, plucked from a pile (I mean PILE) of literally thousands of LP records. While I dug carefully through the heaps, she perused the rest of the shop then walked up, picked this one up and said "Isn't this a Gersten cover?"

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Gerry Gersten - Page two

Here are a few more Gerry Gerstin covers not included on the page last Monday. The RCA Jazz Sampler 45 near the bottom is only a possibility. Do you think it is Gersten art?
Although a couple of the Sauter Finegan LP jackets were designed by Jim Flora, this one came from Gerry Gersten.
	Thanks to the original from the Flickr Member Tommer G.
I'm not sure about this one. Do you think it is by Gerry Gersten? All of the others have the Gersten signature. This one shows no signature.	New Addition as of November 2010. My scout and faithful keeper found this in an unruly pile of records in the back room of a really junky junk shop.
Go HERE for the Gerry Gersten album art that is titled "Honor Roll of Hits."

The Profile(more than you really wanted to know)is here.

Lost Gallery The rescue mission for battered and abused orphan photographs.

For more about Double Exposures see this page in Lost Gallery.

Music Monday - Gerry Gersten Album Covers

The cartoonist/illustrator Gerry Gersten is one of those artists whose work falls too often unappreciated and unrecognized. Gerston has done a great deal of artwork beyond his noted contributions to MAD magazine. His artwork adorns magazine covers and phonograph albums too In a recent search for a catalog to show a complete set of "Honor Roll of Hits" albums from RCA Victor, with Gersten illustrated covers, none could be located. There simply is none. In fact, very little was found of Gersten's work at all. This page will begin to assemble a collection of record albums, LP and EP, using Gerry Gersten art. We’ll start with an ambitious project of album covers from an RCA Victor series of records. This is for information purposes only and none of these illustrations can be used in any commercial way.	The following examples are all from a set of records called the "Honor Roll of Hits" from RCA Victor. This page is assembled from a personal collection and any photograph or scan that could be found toward a complete list. Apparently there are 30 different covers on the EP (extended play) set. There also seems to be fifteen 10 inch LPs that combine two of the EP 45RPM sets. The covers of the Ten Inch albums found so far use art work from one of the EP albums that it includes. If you know of a photograph of any of the missing albums let me know. I'll add it here until there is a complete set.
Honor Roll of Hits 1926-1927 RCA Victor LPM 3175 (10 inch LP) Owner of this photo is unknown. This is the best photo available. Leave a comment if you know of a better scan.	Honor Roll of Hits 1926 RCA VIctor EPA-514 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection. Honor Roll of Hits 1927 RCA VIctor EPA-515 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection.
Honor Roll of Hits 1928-1929 RCA Victor LPM 3176 (10 inch LP) Owner of this photo is unknown. This is the best photo available. Please leave a comment if you know of a better scan.	Honor Roll of Hits 1928 RCA VIctor EPA-516 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection. Honor Roll of Hits 1929 RCA VIctor EPA-517 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection.
This is the best photo available. Please leave a comment if you know of a better scan.	Honor Roll of Hits 1930 RCA VIctor EPA-518 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection Honor Roll of Hits 1931 RCA VIctor EPA-519 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection
Honor Roll of Hits 1932-1933 RCA VIctor LPM 3178 (10 inch LP) Thanks to an anonymous contributor, we now have a good copy of this cover! THANK YOU!	Honor Roll of Hits 1932 RCA VIctor EPA-520 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection. Honor Roll of Hits 1933 RCA VIctor EPA-521 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection.
Honor Roll of Hits 1934-1935 RCA Victor LPM 3179 (10 inch LP) This is from the collection.	Honor Roll of Hits 1934 RCA VIctor EPA-522 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection. Honor Roll of Hits 1935 RCA VIctor EPA-523 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection..
Honor Roll of Hits 1936-1937 RCA VIctor LPM 3180 (10 inch LP) This is from the collection.	Honor Roll of Hits 1936 RCA VIctor EPA-524 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection. Honor Roll of Hits 1937 RCA VIctor EPA-525 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection
Honor Roll of Hits 1938-1939 RCA VIctor LPM 3181 (10 inch LP) This is from the collection	Honor Roll of Hits 1938 RCA VIctor EPA-526 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection Honor Roll of Hits 1939 RCA VIctor EPA-527 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection
Honor Roll of Hits 1940-1941 RCA Victor LPM 3182(10 inch LP) This is the best photo available. Please leave a comment if you know of a better scan.	Honor Roll of Hits 1940 RCA VIctor EPA-528 (7 inch 45rpm) This is the best photo available. Please leave a comment if you know of a better scan. Honor Roll of Hits 1941 RCA VIctor EPA-529 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection
Honor Roll of Hits 1942-1943 RCA Victor LPM 3183(10 inch LP) This is from the collection	Honor Roll of Hits 1942 RCA VIctor EPA-530 (7 inch 45rpm) This is the best photo available. This is from the collection Honor Roll of Hits 1943 RCA VIctor EPA-531 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection
Honor Roll of Hits 1944-1945 RCA VIctor LPM 3184 (10 inch LP) This is from the collection.	Honor Roll of Hits 1944 RCA VIctor EPA-532 (7 inch 45rpm) Owner of this photo is unknown. This is the best photo available. Please leave a comment if you know of a better scan Honor Roll of Hits 1945 RCA VIctor EPA-533 (7 inch 45rpm) This is from the collection
Go HERE for more Gerry Gersten album art that is not part of this series.

The Profile (more than you really wanted to know)is here.

Lost Gallery The rescue mission for battered and abused orphan photographs.

For more about Double Exposures see this page in Lost Gallery.