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Americans took advantage of recording technology to help train their birds to sing and talk. Many of the resulting records, including these examples from the 1950s and 1960s, were unintentionally hilarious. See for yourself! Click on each record cover to access actual album text and clips.
     
Parakeet Training Record Cover
Canary Training Record Cover
Parrakeet Phrases #1  Record Cover
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