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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]T<\/span>arot Productions, Inc. was founded by Frankie Albano “and some other people we have not figured out yet.” Unfortunately that is more than most people know, as Tarot Productions and its resident artist\/designer\/figurehead have become\u00a0a mystery less than\u00a050 years after the fact. A thorough search of incorporation records in Los Angeles in late 1967\u00a0through January 1968 might turn up some more information, but what is missing is far beyond the scope of county records to enlighten us upon.<\/p>\n

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What we know is that a gentleman by the name of Frank R. Albano formed a business he called “Tarot Press”\u00a0at 716 N. Fairfax Avenue (on the southern border of West Hollywood) and was printing anti-war\u00a0posters in 1967. That same year he designed his “Tarot Wheel” and changed the name of the company to “Tarot Productions,” which\u00a0was shortly thereafter\u00a0incorporated. Tarot Productions, Inc.\u00a0created essentially two products: the\u00a0“Tarot Wheel<\/a>,” which was an extremely limited-run project, and a set of decks (one set of images with no less than six variations<\/a> in at least eight different boxes<\/a>), and in so doing left a permanent mark<\/a> on the second wave of the modern tarot revolution. If only the Bodhi Tree<\/a> hadn’t run itself into the ground a few years back, we might have some of Frankie’s associates who could shed some light on his whereabouts.<\/p>\n

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In the various “Tarot Productions, Inc.” related pages (links at the bottom of this page) we have done our best to piece together various known facts about this man, his company, and his creations, in bite-sized chewy pieces of brain candy. Here we will speculate on the possibility of how we will get more factual\u00a0<\/em>information to flesh out a full bio page on this company, its history, and where the hell Frankie went. Please stop in as we flesh this out a bit. If\u00a0you<\/em> have information (and I am looking your way Erin [Regadrdie’s personal astrologer]) please send us a note!<\/a><\/p>\n

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Okay, more as it develops . . .<\/em><\/p>\n

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And the lead for Vincent Albano at Albano’s Pizza went cold, although we did find a whole family<\/em> of Albano’s who own pizza restaurants spanning three generations in northern California. This is a bit of a long shot.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” type=”full_width” anchor=”” in_content_menu=”” content_menu_title=”” icon_pack=”font_awesome” content_menu_fa_icon=”” content_menu_fe_icon=”arrow_back” text_align=”left” video=”” video_overlay=”” video_overlay_image=”” video_webm=”” video_mp4=”” video_ogv=”” video_image=”” background_image=”” pattern_background=”” section_height=”” parallax_speed=”” background_color=”” border_color=”” side_padding=”” padding_top=”” padding_bottom=”” color=”” hover_color=”” more_button_label=”” less_button_label=”” button_position=”” css_animation=”” transition_delay=””][vc_column width=”1\/1″][vc_separator type=”normal” position=”center” border_style=”solid” color=”#b39964″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Here is a list of Tarot Productions’ creations<\/h2>\n

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Frank\u00a0R.\u00a0Albano (a.k.a. Tarot Productions, Inc. of Hollywood circa 1968<\/em>) created a few things we know of with certainty, and some things we are still researching.<\/p>\n

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  1. 1967 Tarot Wheel<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n
  2. 1968 Tarot Productions\u00a0primary tarot\u00a0deck<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. 1968-ish Trumps only 22-card deck<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. 1968-ish Trumps only 22-card GIANT deck<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. 1968-ish Tarot Productions miniature deck<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. 1968 Tarot Productions PKTT\/*LWB<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Then there are the records . . .<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”64px”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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