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Year/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1959, Rock, Funk/Soul, Los Angeles, CA
Matrix #: OSR-LPM-5001
Condition: VG+, sounds great, lots of very light marks
Cultural Facts:
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Media Narrative: Art Laboe’s “Oldies but Goodies” branding helped turn nostalgia into a mass-market LP series and radio format.
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Political Science: His El Monte Legion Stadium dances drew mixed-race crowds outside LA city limits, sidestepping segregation-era rules.
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Personal Struggle: Laboe’s parents divorced when he was 13; he moved to South-Central LA with his sister and built his life around radio.