WEIRDTOWN

Concerning Dead Links and Re-ups....

2012-01-02T14:00:00.000-08:00

many of the rapidshare links are going down, because i don't have an account with them anymore. if any of you would like me to re-up anything, just leave me a comment, and i'll try to get to it ASAP!

i still love you, weirdtown!

2011-12-30T07:10:00.000-08:00

and i promise to be back soon with some more fresh morsels here after awhile!

Vivian Stanshall's Big Grunt - 11 Mustachioed Daughters

2011-08-05T03:44:00.000-07:00

Viv Stanshall & Big Grunt 1970-03-16-mp2

2011-08-05T03:38:00.000-07:00

BiG GrunT
BBC Session (John Peel show)
Aeolian Hall Studio 1
London
U.K.
1970-03-16

First broadcast 1970-03-21

Viv Stanshall : Vocals
Roger Ruskin Spear : Saxophone
Dennis Cowan : Bass
Ian Wallace : Drums
Bubs White : Guitar

Producer : John Walters
Engineer : unknown

Digital Satellite rebroadcast 2008-05-05 MPEG1 layer 2 @ 160kbps:
BBC Radio 6 > DVB-S > Hauppauge Nova-S > DVBviewer > .ts > PVAStrumento > .mpa >
MpegSchnitt (to extract required audio).

1. Blind Date 4:07
2. Eleven Moustachioed Daughters 4:17
3. The Strain >
4. Cyborg Signal 7:32
Total Time : [15:57]

copped from dimeadozen

Cheech & Chong - Up In Smoke [OST]

2011-05-07T04:29:00.001-07:00

Up in Smoke OST is the soundtrack for the 1978 Cheech & Chong film Up in Smoke. Released in 1979, the album featured music and audio excerpts from the film. The album was originally released in 1979 by Warner Bros. Records. It was released on compact disc in 1991.

Country artist Hank Williams III covered "Up In Smoke" as part of a "hidden" 42-minute track on his 2006 album Straight to Hell.

Side 1

"Finkelstein Shit Kid" (dialogue)
"Up in Smoke"
"Low Rider"
"1st Gear, 2nd Gear" (dialogue)
"Framed"
"Searchin'"
"Ajax Lady" (dialogue)
"Strawberry's"

Side 2

"Here Come the Mounties to the Rescue"
"Sometimes When You Gotta Go, You Can't" (dialogue)
"Lost Due to Incompetence" (Theme for a Big Green Van)
"Lard Ass" (dialogue)
"Rock Fight"
"I Didn't Know Your Name Was Alex" (dialogue)
"Earache My Eye"
"Up in Smoke" Reprise

Tunes from the Toons, The Best of Hanna-Barbera

2011-02-11T07:07:00.000-08:00

1. Dastardly And Muttley
2. Dastardly And Muttley
3. Top Cat
4. Top Cat
5. Top Cat
6. Yogi Bear
7. Yogi Bear
8. Yogi Bear
9. Meet The Flintstones
10. Flintstones
11. Flintstones Jazz
12. Flintstones
13. Huckleberry Hound
14. Huckleberry Hound
15. Perils Of Penelope Pitstop
16. Penelope Pitstop
17. Snooper And Blabber
18. Snooper And Blabber
19. Jetsons
20. Jetsons
21. Jetsons
22. Hair Bear Bunch
23. Hair Bear Bunch
24. Secret Squirrel
25. Hong Kong Phooey
26. Josie And The Pussycats
27. Josie And The Pussycats
28. Scooby Doo Where Are You
29. Scooby Doo
30. New Scooby Doo Movies
31. Touche Turtle
32. Touche Turtle
33. Wally Gator
34. Wally Gator
35. Pixie And Dixie
36. Pixie And Dixie
37. Pixie And Dixie
38. Quick Draw McGraw
39. Quick Draw McGraw
40. Quick Draw McGraw
41. Snagglepuss
42. Snagglepuss
43. Hokey Wolf
44. Augie Doggie
45. Yakky Doodle
46. Lippy The Lion And Hardy Har Har
47. Wacky Races
48. Tra La La Song

Rutland Weekend Songbook (BBC RECORDS, 1976)

2011-02-04T01:29:00.001-08:00

ERIC IDLE / NEIL INNES - RUTLAND WEEKEND SONGBOOK

1) Side One (Saturday)

L'Amour Perdu
Gibberish (a sketch)
Front Loader
Say Sorry Again
I Must Be in Love
Twenty-Four Hours in Tunbridge Wells
The Fabulous Bingo Brothers
Concrete Jungle Boy
The Children of Rock and Roll
Stoop Solo
Song o' the Insurance Men

2) Side Two (Sunday)

Testing
I Give Myself to You
Communist Cooking
Johnny Cash
Protest Song
Accountancy Shanty
Football
Boring
L'Amour Perdu Cha Cha Cha (a sketch)
The Hard to Get
The Song o' the Continuity Announcers

Mcgough & Mcgear - The Scaffold (1968)

2010-12-28T14:18:00.000-08:00

McGough & McGear's sole album is a witty delight, notable for both its occasional cool tuneful pop-psychedelic rock songs and more frequent blends of music and whimsical Liverpudlian comedy/poetry. Of the song-oriented tracks, "So Much in Love" is groovy circa 1967-68 British harmony pop/rock with touches of heavy rock psychedelia, while the satirical "Ex-Art Student" (with Jimi Hendrix on guitar) combines sunny pop verses with an extended freaky psychedelic break. "Basement Flat," by contrast, is a funny take on a British pub-style sing-along, while McGough's poem "Summer with Monika" bears similarity to outings by the Bonzo Dog Band and Monty Python. The spoken bits are nicely embellished by eclectic folky and jazzy musical backups and background sound effects, and the sad piano ballad "Yellow Book" is indicative of their debts to British theatrical music traditions.

McGough and McGear - McGough and McGear (1968)
McGough & McGear was a spin-off of the Scaffold, the British comedy/pop trio famous for including Mike McGear, Paul McCartney's brother. The Scaffold also included poet Roger McGough and John Gorman. Minus Gorman, the duo of McGough & McGear released a self-titled album in 1968.

Far from being just a Beatles-related curiosity, McGough & McGear is a fine (and rare) album deftly combining poetry, comedy, and a good amount of solid pop-psychedelic rock. McGear tended to be more prominent on the straighter rock songs, while McGough had a greater role on the pieces dominated by goofy, yet intellectually sharp, poetry. It's heartily recommended to fans of the more famous Bonzo Dog Band, who had a similarly appealing blend of comedy and rock, though McGough & McGear has a more poetic, spoken word bent. On tracks like "So Much in Love" and "Ex-Art Student," however, the act presented accomplished, sunny British pop-psych that could be enjoyed as relatively pure, tuneful rock songs.

The record also boasted a roster of all-star guests, including, unsurprisingly, Paul McCartney; McCartney's then-girlfriend, actress Jane Asher; Jimi Hendrix, who adds cool psychedelic guitar to "Ex-Art Student"; the other members of the Jimi Hendrix Experience; John Mayall; Zoot Money; Graham Nash; Spencer Davis; ex-Pretty Things drummer Viv Prince; ex-Yardbirds bassist Paul Samwell-Smith; Dave Mason; Gary Leeds of the Walker Brothers; and yet more names that will be known to aficionados of swinging London, like Margaret Asher (Jane Asher's mother) and socialite Prince Stanislaus Klossowiski de Rola. The Beatles' official biographer, Hunter Davies, wrote the liner notes.

The album was largely recorded in the summer of 1967, but not completed and released until the following year. It's been reported that it was intended for issue on the Beatles' new Apple label, but in the end it appeared on Parlophone (the Beatles' standard record company). The album went little noticed, and was only briefly reissued on CD before it went out of print again. ~ All Music Guide
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The Beatles - Beatles - The Ultimate Christmas Album (2 CDs!!)

2010-12-07T09:28:00.001-08:00

Beatles---The Ultimate Christmas Album (2 CDs!!)
Beatles---The Ultimate Christmas Album

This is really an incredible line-up and covers EVERY Christmas recording by The Beatles together and solo! The Beatles "Christmas Records" from 1963 to 1969 are all 320kbps and are fantastic! They are not taken from the scratchy old 45rpms that were sent out to fan club members back in the 60s. These recordings are taken from the original EMI Mastertapes! Awesome!!!
Check out CD #2 and you will see some of the rarest Beatles material around! Alot of this stuff is not in the trading circles in this kind of quality!
It's the ultimate Christmas by The Beatles!

CD #1
1-Beatles 1963 Christmas Record.
2-Beatles 1964 Christmas Record.
3-Beatles 1965 Christmas Record.
4-Beatles 1966 Christmas Record.
5-Beatles 1967 Christmas Record.
6-Beatles 1968 Christmas Record.
7-Beatles 1969 Christmas Record.

CD #2
1-Christmas Greetings (Astoria Cinema) (12-20-1963).
2-Crimble Medley (Saturday Club) (12-17-1963).
3-Beatles 1964 Christmas Record Outtake #1 (10-29-1964).
4-Beatles 1964 Christmas Record Outtake #2 (10-29-1964).
5-Beatles 1964 Christmas Record Outtake #3 (10-29-1964).
6-Beatles 1964 Christmas Record Outtake #4 (10-29-1964).
7-Beatles 1964 Christmas Record Outtake #5 (10-29-1964).
8-Beatles Interview (Hammersmith Odeon) (12-21-1964).
9-White Christmas (Studio 50) (New York) (2-9-1964).
10-Beatles 1965 Christmas Record Outtake #1 (10-19-1965).
11-Beatles 1965 Christmas Record Outtake #2 (10-19-1965).
12-Beatles Radio London & Radio Caroline Messages (12-6-1966).
13-Christmastime Is Here Again (EMI Mastertape) (11-28-1967).
14-Jock & Yono (John & Yoko) (Kenwood) (November 1968).
15-Onceuponapooltable (John & Yoko) (Kenwood) (November 1968).
16-Happy Christmas (Pauls COMPLETE 1968 song!).
17-John & Yoko Christmas Sketch (Tittenhurst Park) (November 1969).
18-Ringo's "Wireless For The Blind Fund Message" (12-15-1969).
19-Happy X-Mas (John's Home Demo).
20-John & Yoko 1970 Christmas Message #1 (Tittenhurst Park).
21-John & Yoko 1970 Christmas Message #2 (Tittenhurst Park).
22-Happy X-Mas (Rough Mix for Acetate).

These are essential for any Beatles fan!

Tiny Tim - Songs of an Impotent Troubador (1995)

2010-09-29T20:01:00.000-07:00

Tiny Tim Gets Real!
A different side of Tiny Tim, really. It's just Tiny Tim, XXXX beer in hand, telling stories of his youth and of his travels. From his crushes to his eccentric behavior, it's all heart-felt, humorous and insightful. Don't fret, though. There's still plenty of ukulele playing and his charmingly high falsetto, though it isn't anything that it used to be (This is 35 years later, remember).

A must listen for Tiny fans, but newcomers would be better off checking out his debut, posted elsewhere on this blog...

01. Welcome To Tiny Tim's World
02. The Ice Skaters Song - 1994
03. Poem For Elizabeth Taylor - 1947
04. You're The Only One - Song For Elizabeth Taylor
05. Tiny Tim's Search For The Magic Princess
06. The Destruction Of The Captain America Collection
07. Tiny Tim's Quest For Elizabeth Taylor
08. When I'm Feeling Sad - 1948
09. Jane - 1948
10. Our Little Secret - 1958
11. Stephanie - 1958
12. Pretty Baby - 1958
13. Don't Call Me Anymore - 1958
14. Whispering Voices - 1958
15. Heaven Only Knows - 1958
16. Dear Tuesday - 1960
17. Tiny Tim At The Café Bizarre
18. Hello Ellie Halsey - 1963
19. Tiny Tim At Page Three
20. If I Could Ride A Spaceship - 1964
21. Tiny Tim Records His 78 Classics
22. Spoiled - 1964
23. Just Another Girl Called Judy - 1964
24. Tiny Tim Receives "Siddhartha" From Miss Bluebell
25. The Tragedy Of Romance
26. Introducing Miss Dixie!
27. Forever Miss Dixie - 1982
28. Tiny Tim Meets The Eternal Princess
29. Jessica Hahn I - 1989
30. I Used To Love Jessica Hahn, But Now I Love Stephanie Bohn - 1990
31. Jessica Hahn II - 1989
32. Santa Claus Has Got The Aids This Year - 1980
33. She Left Me With The Herpes - 1980
34. The Ballad Of An Impotent Troubadour - 1995 - Tiny Tim
35. Just What Do You Mean By 'Antichrist'? - Tiny Tim with Current 93 and Nurse With Wound

Hawaii Five-O (1970.)

2010-09-26T00:10:00.000-07:00

A soundtrack album featuring Morton Stevens' theme and incidental music was issued by Capitol Records in 1970. One of the instrumental pieces on the album, "Call to Danger", was excerpted as background music accompanying a "Special Presentation" logo that CBS used to introduce its prime time television specials throughout the 1970s and 1980s. The album was reissued on compact disc by Film Score Monthly in 2010.

SIDE ONE

Hawaii Five-O (the complete studio version of the theme)
Call to Danger (Interestingly, portions of this theme were used as the theme jingle for CBS Special Presentation spots back in the 70's and 80's).
McGarrett's Theme
Front Street
The Long Wait
Blues Trip

SIDE TWO

The Floater
Interlude
Operation Smash
Beach Trip
Up Tight
The Chase/Hawaii Five-O (the Five-O theme here is the same as the TV version (the first few bars)

The information in the back cover of the album:

HAWAII FIVE-O

Music from the TV Soundtrack
A CBS Television Series starring Jack Lord
Composed, Arranged and Conducted by Morton Stevens
(Capitol/EMI ST-410 Stereo)
All selections published by April Music (ASCAP)
Produced by Mel Taylor for Melee Productions

Back cover blurb (by Leonard Freeman):

"Before taking a tough new assignment, Morton Stevens (Director of Music, CBS West Coast), graduate of Juilliard School of Music, arranger and conductor for Sammy Davis, Jr. in those halcyon years between 1950 and 1960, composer of literally hundreds of segments of television's finest dramatic shows, and in my opinion, a stone cold genius, made a pilgrimage to Hawaii.

"In our seven-island FIVE-O state, Mort discovered for himself what I had already found: the last Eden, palm trees and skyscrapers, aloha spirit and snarling traffic jams, America;s heartbeat in the Pacific, mecca for more than two million tourists annually, and home for the polygenetic golden people of Hawaii, a vital, hip, swinging place, Polynesia now!

"That's what I asked Morton Stevens to put into music. The value of a great one-minute theme to any television series is inestimable and I wanted one for my then brand spanking new HAWAII FIVE-O. No ukeleles or steel guitars or falsetto singers or overused bongos, but a kind of melding of the Polynesian, the classic, the jazz and most of all the pop sound of today. HAWAII FIVE-O is all of these things and so, happily, is Morton Stevens' music, as you will discover. Aloha!"

The Green Hornet - Billy May (Original T.V. Score, 1966)

2010-09-07T04:06:00.000-07:00

01. Green Hornet
02. Four Hornets
03. Casy
04. Horneted House
05. Kato
06. Do The Hornet
07. Black Beauty
08. Guadarahornet
09. Activate The Scanner
10. The Green Hornet
11. Main Title

ABC commissioned this TV series which starred Van Williams as the hero and of course, the legendary Bruce Lee as his sidekick. Based on the classic 1930’s radio series about a newspaper owner Britt Reid. Billy May, celebrated composer and arranger referenced his theme music around Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakoff’s classic 'The Flight Of The Bumble Bee' although there’s plenty of original scoring too. Special limited edition is remastered and the outstanding accompanying booklet is simply stunning packed with masses of authoritative and little-known information and rare photographs! Also, that's Al Hirt playing trumpet on the theme song...

HEATWAVE INDUCED LACK OF POSTING SAID TO NOT FLY SO WELL WITH THOSE THAT DON'T GIVE A FLYING FUCK!

2010-09-06T04:39:00.000-07:00

including me, but heatwave's over and it's the time of the season to start giving A FLYING FUCK again...so...

Lux & Ivys Favorites - Volumes 4, 5 & 6

2010-08-29T02:01:00.000-07:00

Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Lux and Ivy's Favorites!!!

Ok, I got kind of sick of repeating this story 1000 times. So figured I'd include this in the latest volume. I'm the guy who compiles the Lux and Ivy's Favorites Compilations.

It started as a way to keep track of some of the songs Lux, and or Ivy, mentioned in THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE MUSIC BOOK. It was never really intended as anything but a way for a friend of mine and me to have 2 really kick ass compilations.

So we went about the arduous process

of finding all the songs mentioned in that interview. It took a loooong time. We used the file sharing program, Napster, as well as our own personal collections. So, one thing lead to another and when word got around that these compilations were out there, they started being traded from fan to fan to fan. So, at some point I decided to put them up on Napster and let anyone who wanted them have them. As the years went buy, more interviews with Lux and Ivy kept popping up, and the list of songs they mentioned got longer and longer. This resulted in new volumes...~WMFU

i was too lazy to compile a tracklist, but suffice it to say, if you were interested in the first 3 volumes then you'll want these ones, too. and the next 7, as well!

Lux and Ivys Favorites - Volume 03

2010-08-22T03:24:00.000-07:00

01- pretty things - Come See Me
02 - On the Go - The Leather Boy
03 - Roy Brown - Butcher Pete - Part 1
04 - Roy Brown - Butcher Pete Part 2
05 - The Carnations - Scorpion
06 - Uh Oh - The Imps
07 - Doctor Ross - The Boogie Disease
08 - howlin' wolf - smokestack lightnin'
09 - Polka Dot Slim - A Thing You Gotta Face
10 - ventures - the rat
11 - Mohammed Rafi aka ted lyons and his cubs - Jaan Pehechaan Ho
12 - Bo Diddley - 05 - Congo
13 - Anton LaVey - 01 - Satan Takes a Holiday (instrumental)
14 - the symbols - Do the Zombie
15 - Stampede - The Scarlets
16 - Danny Dell & The Trends - Froggy
17 - Johnny Kidd & The Pirates - Shakin' All Over
18 - Kinks - You Really Got Me
19 - The Strangers - Caterpillar Crawl
20 - Rubber Room - Porter Waggoner
21 - robert mitchum - ballad of thunder road [ ]
22 - Duane Eddy - Ramrod
23 - Dick Penner - Cindy Lou
24 - Ideals - Go Go Gorilla
25 - Jack Nitzsche - The Lonely Surfer
26 - Johnny Burnette Trio - Rockbilly Boogie - 13 - honey hush
27 - Mickey & Sylvia - No Good Lover
29 - Bo Diddley - 02 - I'm A Man
30 - johnny fortune - Dragster
31 - the gee cees - Buzzsaw Twist

Lux and Ivys Favorites - Volume 02

2010-08-22T01:54:00.000-07:00

01 - 13th floor elevators - you're gonna miss me
02 - ric cartey - young love
03 - slim harpo - strange love
04 - the champs - train to nowhere
05 - cozy cole - topsy part one and two
06 - zacherle - dinner with dracula
07 - randey alvey - green fuzz
08 - jackie morningstar - rockin in the graveyard
09 - john buck and his blazers - forbidden city
10 - marvin rainwater - hot and cold
11 - blues rockers - calling all cows
12 - five blobs - the blob
13 - ric cartey - oo eee
14 - june wilkinson and mamie van doren - bikini with no top on top
15 - wayne williams - red hot mama
16 - bosstones - mope-itty moope
17 - kieth corvale - trapped love
18 - storey sisters - bad motorcycle
19 - lightnin slim - its mighty crazy
20 - mcfadden and dor - noisy village
21 - crescents - pink dominoes
22 - markettes - out of limits
23 - chimes - zindy lou
24 - crystals - the screw
25 - invectas - the hump
26 - earl hagen and the new interns - new interns watusi
27 - billy ward and the dominoes - jennie lee

Lux and Ivys Favorites - Volume 01

2010-08-21T01:09:00.000-07:00

01 - sheriff and the revels - shombolar
02 - sid king and the five strings - let er rip
03 - ersal hickey - bluebirds over the mountain
04 - ersal hickey - hangin around
05 - ronnie dawson - action packed
06 - ronnie self - date bait
07 - vern pullens - bop crazy baby
08 - donald woods and the belairs - death of an angel
09 - gene maltais - crazy baby
10 - billy ward and his dominoes - the bells
11 - bob mcfadden - the mummy
12 - forbidden five - rfd rangoon
13 - forbidden five - enchanted farm
14 - medallions - behind the door
15 - nervous norvous - transfusion
16 - clovers - crawlin
17 - pengiuns - earth angel
18 - blenders - don't fuck around with love
19 - sparkle moore - skull and crossbones
20 - versatones - bila
21 - versatones - tight skirt tight sweater
22 - tornnados - telstar
23 - treniers - poon tang
24 - clovers - rotten cocksuckers ball
25 - collins kids - whistle bait
26 - the chips - rubber biscuits
27 - jan and arnie - jennie lee

American Graffiti Revisited

2010-08-14T03:01:00.001-07:00

a weird, cool, fun tribute to "American Graffitti"

CD1;
01 Moto Litas - Rock around the clock. 2:18
02 Richie Venus - Sixteen candles. 3:20
03 Susan & the Surftones - Runaway. 2:33
04 Voodoo Court - Why do fools fall in love. 1:34
05 Rogers Sisters - That'll be the day. 2:06
06 B.C. & the 5-Speeds - Fanny mae. 2:28
07 Capacitors - At the hop. 2:34
08 Bully - She’s so fine. 3:32
09 Buzzards - The stroll. 3:16
10 Kahuna Kawentzmann - See you in september. 3:01
11 Waistcoats - Surfin’ safari. 1:58
12 Cosmonauti - He’s the great imposter. 2:01
13 Creatures of the Golden Dawn - Almost grown. 2:21
14 Surfones - Smoke gets in your eyes. 3:24
15 Daikaiju - Little darlin’. 2:06
16 Sit ’n Spin - Peppermint twist. 2:02
17 Aqualads - Barbara Ann. 2:15
18 Fabulous Planktones - Book of love. 2:58
19 Bikini Men - Maybe baby. 1:48
20 Strangemen - Ya ya. 2:40
21 Big Fat Combo - The great pretender. 3:28

CD2;
01 Dipsomaniacs - Ain’t that a shame. 1:34
02 Noseriders & Greg - Johnny b. goode. 5:57
03 Big Ray & the Futuras - I only have eyes for you. 4:20
04 Wrong Corpses - Get a job. 2:59
05 Bluejays - To the aisle. 2:51
06 Petty Booka - Do you wanna dance. 3:02
07 X-Impossibles - Party doll. 2:07
08 Bradipos IV - Come go with me. 2:41
09 Squid Vicious - You’re 16, you’re beautiful. 1:33
10 Hifi Ramblers - Love potion no. 9. 2:23
11 Deoras - Since I don’t have you. 2:44
12 Atlantics - Chantilly lace. 2:27
13 Jem Crossland & Hypertonics - Teen angel. 1:41
14 Mel Previte & the Gangsters of L - Crying in the chapel. 2:43
15 Paul Johnson - A thousand miles away. 2:14
16 Mookie Brill - Heart and soul. 2:46
17 Fifty Foot Combo - Green onions. 4:31
18 Urban Surf Kings - Only you. 2:32
19 Candyeyeslugger - Goodnight sweetheart. 2:49
20 Drifting Sand - All summer long. 3:51

Some information from internet; This is a very fun compilation/concept album, with many fine tracks proving that doo-wop is a rich field to be mined for surf. 41 bands from all over the planet to cover all those songs that made that era a dream, A great, outta control 2 CD tribute to the soundtrack of American Graffiti [1973], featuring some of the best surf n' garage bands in the world!

Wolfman Jack - Wolfman Jack 1972

2010-08-07T01:23:00.000-07:00

Wolfman Jack was a gravelly-voiced, American disc jockey who became world famous in the 1960s and 1970s, and whose real name was Robert Weston Smith (January 21, 1938 – July 1, 1995).

Wolfman Jack released two albums on the Wooden Nickel label: Wolfman Jack (1972) and Through the Ages (1973). His 1972 single "I Ain't Never Seen a White Man" hit #106 on the Billboard Singles Charts. In 1973 he appeared in director George Lucas' second feature film, American Graffiti, as himself. His broadcasts tie the film together, and a main character catches a glimpse of the mysterious Wolfman in a pivotal scene. In gratitude for Wolfman Jack's participation, Lucas gave him a fraction of a "point"—the division of the profits from a film—and the extreme financial success of American Graffiti provided him with a regular income for life. He also appeared in the film's 1979 sequel More American Graffiti.

01 Sweet Caroline
02 here's An Old Man In Our Town
03 Diggin' On Mrs Jones
04 Spinning Ball
05 Hey Wolfman
06 I Ain't Never Seen A White Man
07 Gallop
08 Hoodooin' Of Miss Fanny De Berry

National Lampoon - Gold Turkey (1975)

2010-06-17T23:14:00.000-07:00

This is a classic comedy release from 1975 featuring the best of their comedy radio show. Featured performers (get ready for this list): Christopher Guest, Bill Murray, John Belushi, Brian Doyle--Murray, Chevy Chase, Harold Ramis, Gilda Radner,> This release includes comedy sketches by various members and musical comedy by Christopher Guest (Spinal Tap, Film Director).

National Lampoon - Gold Turkey (1975)

01. Front Row Center
02. Public Disservice
03. Mother Goose's Wine
04. My Husband
05. Megaphone Newsreel
06. The Trial
07. Jimmy Dugan Story
08. Well-Intentioned Blues
09. A Laugh From The Past
10. Stand Up
11. Hockey
12. Prison Farm
13. Mr. Veal Chop
14. The Immigrants

Bill Cosby - Talks To Kids About Drugs (1971)

2010-05-21T04:18:00.000-07:00

Bill Cosby - Talks To Kids About Drugs (1971)

01. Introduction - Downers And Uppers
02. Questions and Answers
03. Dope Pusher
04. Bill Talks About Hard Drugs
05. I Found a Way Out
06. Order In The Classroom
07. People Make Mistakes
08. I Know I Can Handle It
09. Bill Talks About Pushers
10. Captain Junkie
11. Bill and the Kids Sing / Closing

what's up with BILL?...he seems to be cluing these kids in on shit more than anything else on this record...
he was friends with Miles Davis and Quincy Jones...he used to be A FUNNY JAZZBRO...apparently, he's really INTO the Jell-O Pudding Pops...
he's kind of a loopy guy who sometimes gets mad at his own people (whoopie sykes)...and i guess he's a scholar of sorts when it comes to DRUGS!
here, good ol' bill fills the kiddies in on the do's and don'ts of being a DRUG ADDICT!...it's really cool to hear ol' bill talkin' about the dope and the heroin and the uppers and the downers and the cocaine and the weed and the grass ...nuthin' 'bout a damn puddin' pop, tho....

The Sons of the Pioneers

2010-05-13T06:34:00.000-07:00

The Sons of the Pioneers 1949
From Top: Hugh Farr, Ken "Festus" Curtis, Bob Nolan, Lloyd Perryman, Shug Fisher, Karl Farr.

The Sons of the Pioneers is an American cowboy singing group founded in 1933 by Leonard Slye (better known by his later screen name, Roy Rogers), with Tim Spencer and Bob Nolan. They were joined by Hugh Farr (fiddle/bass vocals) in 1934, Karl Farr (guitar) in 1935, and Lloyd Perryman (vocals) in 1936.

When Rogers began his film career, the group took on Pat Brady (string bass), who brought with him his flair for comedy (Brady later starred as Rogers' sidekick in his popular 1951 television program). The group remained popular into the 1960s. In 2003, the Sons of the Pioneers was among the winners of the Golden Boot Award, along with actors Chris Alcaide, Kelo Henderson, Tommy Lee Jones, and Kris Kristofferson.

Though all of the original members are deceased, the group continues. Group "trail boss," Dale Warren (a member since 1952, replacing Ken Curtis), died in August of 2008, ending a 56-year stint with the group. The group still performs regularly at concerts in Branson, Missouri and other locations, as of 2010, led by current "trail boss" Luther Nallie (who joined 42 years ago). Current members are Luther Nallie, Gary LeMaster, Ken Lattimore, Randy Rudd, Ricky Boen and Mark Abbott.

SONS OF THE PIONEERS 25 Favorite Cowboy Songs (1956)

1. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
2. Press Along To The Big Corral
3. Wind
4. Bunkhouse Bugle Boy
5. Home On The Range
6. La Borachita
7. Timber Trail
8. Happy Cowboy
9. Cowboy Lament
10. Pajarillo Barrenquero
11. So Long To The Red River Valley
12. Come And Get It
13. Cool Water
14. Curly Joe From Idaho
15. Cowboy's Dream
16. Along The Santa Fe Trail
17. The Last Round-up
18. Farr Away Stomp
19. Red River Valley
20. Carry Me Back To The Lone Prairie
21. Sweet Betsy From Pike
22. Slow Moving Cattle
23. Texas Stomp
24. Yellow Rose Of Texas
25. The Everlasting Hills Of Oklahoma

bonus track "THE CASTRATION OF STRAWBERRY ROAN"
by The Sons of the Pioneers

this song is probably NSFW...or gramma or grampa or little kids or anybody else for that reason.
this song is a balls-out rendition of a song called "The Castration Of Strawberry Roan", about some poor goddamn horse...damn, yo....
one of the most coarse horse songs i ever did hear..."Cool Clear, Water" it ain't... you won't find THIS song on any GREATEST HITS compilations...

The Castration of the Strawberry Roan...

I was layin' round town in a house of ill fame,
Laid up with a rough, tough hustlin' dame,
When a hop-headed pimp with his nose full of coke
Beat me outta that woman and left me stone broke.

When up steps a feller and he says, "Say, my lad,
You any damn good ridin' horses that's bad?"
I says, "You damn right! That's one thing I can do.
I'm a second-rate pimp, but a good buckaroo.

"Bring on your bad horses' cause I never saw one
That had me a guessin' or bothered me none."
He said. "Guess again, there's one horse that I own,
You might have heard of him, the Strawberry Roan."

I says, "I guess we've all heard of that ball bearin' stud,
He's got epizootic, the glanders, and crud,
He's the worst fuckin' outlaw that ever been foaled,
He hadn't been rode and he's twenty years old."

cho: Oh! the Strawherry Roan, how many colts has he thrown?
He's got gonorrhea, the cankers, and syph,
He's strictured with clap but his cock is still stiff
Oh! that renegade Strawberry Roan.

The upshot of it was that I found myself hired
To snap out some colts that that breed stud had sired;
They was knot-headed cayuses just like their dad
Most of 'em roan, and all of 'em bad.

From mornin' till night how those bastards did fight,
Till my ass drug my tracks out way before night,
With my balls in my boots and my mouth full of shit,
I's plum tuckered out and all ready to quit.

When up steps the boss and he says, "That's enough,
Them strawberry roan colts is just too damn tough;
I'm plum sick and tired seein' you take them falls,
Rope that man-killin' stud and we'll carve out his balls."

cho: Oh! the Strawberry Roan, we went out to unbend his bone
I built a big loop and went in the corral,
Roped his front feet, and he farted and fell,
And we flattened ol' Strawberry Roan.

The boss held his head, and I hog tied his legs,
Got out my jackknife and went for his eggs:
When I carved on his bag, he let out a squall,
And squealed like a pig when I whittled one ball.

But all I could locate was one of his nuts,
The other was hidden somewhere in his guts,
So I rolled up my sleeves and all over blood
I fished for the seed in the guts of that stud.

I thought I had found it, I felt something pass,
But it was only a turd on the way to his ass;
Just then I heard one of them blood-curdlin' squalls,
And I looked and the roan had the boss by the balls.

I tromped on his head, but it wasn't no use,
He was just like a bulldog, he wouldn't turn loose;
So I untied his legs, and he got to his feet,
But the boss's voice changed, and I knew we was beat.

cho: Oh! the Strawberry Roan, I advise you to leave him alone
He's a knot-headed cayuse with only one ball,
And the boss he's a eunuch with no balls at all,
Lay off of the Strawberry Roan.

Gunsmoke's Festus (1968)

2010-05-04T01:10:00.001-07:00

01 Festus Talks About Gunsmoke's Dodge City Dodge City
02 Festus Tells About His Grandpa
03 Hawg Haagen
04 Festus Talks About Girls
05 GOLLY BILL
06 Festus Talks About Teenage Music and Dances
07 CORN BREAD AND BUTTERMILK
08 Festus Tells About His Home Town
09 MY HOME TOWN
10 Festus Writes To His Girl
11 PHOOEY ON YOU LITTLE DARLIN'
12 Festus Talks About Mules
13 YOU'RE NOTHIN' BUT A "IT"
14 Festus Tells About His Trip To Las Vegas LAS VEGAS, NEVADA

Ken Curtis (July 2, 1916–April 28, 1991) was an American singer and actor best known for his role as Festus Haggen on the long-running CBS-TV Western drama, Gunsmoke.

Most people who grew up with Festus' distinctive high pitched twang ringing in their ears (and I can just hear it now), have no idea that Ken Curtis had one of the finest voices ever to grace vinyl and the silver screen.

Ken began his career in Hollywood as a NBC radio staff singer, then went on to become a big band vocalist. His next step up was to singing cowboy in a series of films for Columbia.

The films themselves are amazingly silly, largely because of the contemporary post-war western "laugh-happy action musical" scripts and the "novelty" band the Hoosier Hot Shots, who add their "special" brand of music and comedy to all Ken's singing cowboy films. Nonetheless, Ken's singing contributions to the films are sublime and he also wrote the title song for Lone Star Moonlight. Bend an ear to these tunes (and forgive the sound quality, the films weren't in great condition)

Festus Haggen, bless his heart, did not put an end to Ken Curtis' singing career. In fact, he loved to sing his ownself (made up songs, in particular) and did so on some rare but welcome occasions in his early Gunsmoke days. In the episode "Once a Haggen" (1964) Festus sings quite a bit including Six Shiney Black Horses, composed by Ken Curtis.
Ken Curtis made two albums during his Gunsmoke run: Festus Sings 'n Talks 'Bout Dodge City 'n Stuff and Gunsmoke's Festus Haggen Calls Out Ken Curtis. He performed a few of the songs in his earlier Gunsmoke episodes, including “The Ballad of Hawg Haggen” and “Cornbread and Buttermilk.” Ken wrote most of the monologues and songs on the first album...

National Lampoon Radio Dinner (1972)

2010-04-17T03:21:00.000-07:00

National Lampoon
Radio Dinner(1972)

SIDE ONE

Deteriorata, Performed by Norman Rose; back-up vocals by Melissa Manchester; bass: John "Cooker" LoPresti; drums: Jim Payne; keyboard: Milissa Manchester; guitar: Christopher Guest; music composed and arranged by Christopher Guest; lyrics by Tony Hendra

A parody of "Desiderata," the then-popular dorm poster which was turned a minor hit record by Les Crane. This piece also appeared in the magazine (though I can't seem to find it!) and was also sold as a poster.

Phono Phunnies, Performed by Christopher Guest and Michael O'Donoghue

Teenyrap, Performed by Christopher Guest and Naomi R. Page

It's Obvious, Performed by Melissa Manchester, Christopher Guest, and Tony Hendra

Catch It and You Keep It, Performed by Jackson Beck, Christpher Guest, Jack Marks, Jill André, Windy Craig, and others; from an idea by Benjie Aerenson

TV game show parody where audience members try to catch valuable prizes (including electric knives, dinette sets, even a house) thrown down from the top of the CBS building

'Quinas 'n' 'Rasmus, Performed by M.R.D. [initials only--no other info available]

All Kidding Aside (PSA), Performed by Christopher Guest

Phono Phunnies, Performed by Christopher Guest

Teenyrap, Performed by Christopher Guest and Naomi R. Page

Magical Misery Tour (Bootleg Record), Performed by Tony Hendra (as John Lennon), Melissa Manchester (as Yoko Ono); piano: Melissa Manchester; drums: Jim Payne; bass: John "Cooker" LoPresti; composed by Christopher Cerf; arranged by Christopher Guest
John Lennon's own words are turned against him, making him out as an ungrateful prima donna, in this spooky parody

SIDE THIRTEEN

Those Fabulous Sixties, Performed by Christopher Guest (as Bob Dylan)
Parody of a K-Tel-type television ad in which Bob Dylan hawks a collection of protest songs

Profiles in Chrome, Performed by Jackson Beck, Christopher Guest, Jill André, Jack Marks, Norman Rose, Alex Bennett, Michael O'Donoghue, Tony Hendra, and Windy Craig (as Richard Nixon)

When the Democrats nominate a Pontiac GTO for the '72 Presidential election, Nixon counters by transforming himself into a car. The piece ends with America The Beautiful played on car horns.

Teenyrap, Performed by Christopher Guest and Naomi R. Page

Phono Phunnies, Performed by Christopher Guest and Tony Hendra

Pigeons, Performed by Michael O'Donoghue

Suport Your Locol Polece (PSA), Performed by "Loren Order" (as Frank Rizzo)

Pull the Tregros, Performed by Diana Reed (as Joan Baez); guitar: Frani Bell; bass: Dean Munson; composed by Tony Hendra; arranged by Christopher Guest

Joan Baez parody in which she encourages blacks to riot in prisons while she cheers them on from a safe distance

Teenyrap, Performed by Christopher Guest and Naomi R. Page

ng Asi , Performed by Christopher Guest

Phono Phunnies, Performed by Christopher Guest and Naomi R. Page

Concert in Bangla Desh, Performed by Tony Hendra and Christopher Guest

George Harrison's Concert for Bangla Desh is given the old switcheroo: an Indian "tragedy team" tells sad jokes before a starving audience in Bangla Desh for the purpose of collecting a bowl of brown rice for George Harrison so he can fast

Clues #1, #2, #3, and #4, Performed by Tony Hendra and Christopher Guest (not listed--scattered throughout the album)

These are short bits not listed anywhere on the album which refer to Paul McCartney and his support for the Irish independence movement. In several of the bits, we hear an Irish tenor in a pub starting to sing "Give Ireland back to the Irish..." cut short by a gun shot.

Album Credits: Sections of Teeny Rap written by Christopher Guest; all other material, including lyrics, written by Michael O'Donoghue and Tony Hendra; sound production by Bob Tischler; inside photograph by Larry Couzens; art direction by Michael Gross; recording engineer: Pat Martin; recording technician: Gus Mossler; sound effects: Bob Tischler; musical director: Christopher Guest; producers: Michael O'Donoghue and Tony Hendra; production assistant: Roberta Kaman; executive producer: Jerry Taylor

Dickie Goodman - Mr. Jaws and Other Fables

2010-04-12T00:22:00.000-07:00

Richard Dorian "Dickie" Goodman (April 19, 1934 – November 6, 1989) is considered one of the earliest proponents of sampling in music. He used a series of "break-in" records he created from 1956 to 1986.

In June 1956, Goodman thought, “What if a seemingly normal record was interrupted by a report of flying saucers landing?” His first record, "The Flying Saucer," was co-written with partner Bill Buchanan, featured a four-minute rewriting of Orson Welles’ famous “War of the Worlds" radio show. While Goodman asked questions of pedestrians, scientists, and even the Martian himself, their responses were "snipped" from lyrics of popular songs of the day, such as:

* "The Great Pretender" by The Platters
* "Heartbreak Hotel" by Elvis Presley
* "Earth Angel" by The Penguins
* "Tutti Frutti" by Little Richard
* "Maybellene" by Chuck Berry

Although "The Flying Saucer" became a major hit, it also landed Goodman in court for copyright infringement - e.g. the songs he used to create his "break-in" records. The lawsuits were later settled out of court when the judge ruled that Goodman's records were burlesques and parodies, and were original creations in and of themselves.

Goodman later recorded other break-in records, usually based around a political theme, or having his reporter (often as "John Cameron Cameron", a reference to newscaster John Cameron Swayze) alter-ego interviewing Batman or Neil Armstrong. In 1975, Goodman returned to the pop charts with "Mr. Jaws," a break-in record in which he interviewed several characters from the film Jaws. Peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, "Mr. Jaws" became Goodman's biggest-selling hit record. It sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the R.I.A.A. in September 1975.

Goodman's singles often had instrumental numbers (in which his actual role is uncertain) as B-sides. These are not found on either his original LPs or his CD compilation albums.

Luniverse, Goodman's own record label released some works by other artists, including songs leased to him by the Del-Vikings, one of the first racially integrated groups in rock music.

Goodman died in North Carolina in 1989 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Goodman is survived by his sons Jed and Jon and daughter Janie.

His son, Jon Goodman, supervised the issue of Greatest Fables, the first authorised CD collection of Dickie Goodman's recordings in 1998. The album included Jon's tribute, "Return Of The Flying Saucer". Jon also authored a biography of sorts about his dad, entitled The King of Novelty in 2000 published by Xlibris Corporation. In 2008, Jon Goodman updated his father's "Energy Crisis '74" which he posted in the Dickie Goodman MySpace page.

In 2006, his estate produced and authorized two albums: All Time Novelty Hits and Dickie Goodman's Greatest Hits.

01 Mr. Jaws
02 Energy Crisis
03 Superfly Meets Shaft
04 The Touchables
05 The Touchables in Brooklyn
06 Flying Saucer Part 1
07 Flying Saucer Part 2
08 Santa and the Satellite Part 1
09 Santa and the Satellite Part 2
10 Flying Saucer the Second

Neil's Heavy Concept Album (1984)

2010-04-07T05:01:00.000-07:00

Neil's Heavy Concept Album is a 1984 recording of songs and spoken comedy routines by British actor Nigel Planer, in character as the long-suffering hippie Neil from the BBC comedy series The Young Ones. Production, arrangements and keyboards are by famed Canterbury keyboardist Dave Stewart, who also debuts on guitar, bass and drums.

The album followed the success of the Neil single "Hole in My Shoe" — a cover version of Traffic's 1967 hit — which reached number 2 in the United Kingdom.

The album starts with a spoken apology in which Neil apologizes for the album's quality. Additional spoken tracks include Neil having a conversation with a potato in a sewer, reciting a poem to his rubber plant, and experiencing a flashback. Also included is a parody horror movie commercial, which sees vegetarian Neil being turned into a carnivorous monster after accidentally eating a hamburger.

Among the originals is the Planer composition "Lentil Nightmare", a dark metal number that quotes from King Crimson's "The Court of the Crimson King" and features Planer singing in an uncharacteristic loud, high falsetto. In "Bad Karma in the UK", Neil's mum (played by musician Barbara Gaskin) admonishes him to watch his I Ching, chew his food eleven times, and remember his expectorant.

The album was heavily promoted by MTV, who had embraced The Young Ones and served as the sole outlet for the original LP in the US. A television commercial for the album had Neil in character talking about his "really beautiful" album, displaying a hole in his shoe, and hitting his head on a table.

01. "Hello Vegetables" – :26
02. "Hole In My Shoe" – 3:40
03. "Heavy Potato Encounter" – :42
04. "My White Bicycle" – 3:31
05. "Neil the Barbarian" – 1:12 (narrated by Nigel Planer's brother Roger Planer)
06. "Lentil Nightmare" – 5:47
07. "Computer Alarm" – :36
08. "Wayne" – 1:36
09. "The Gnome" – 2:29
10. "Cosmic Jam" – 2:26
11. "Golf Girl" – 4:40 (featuring Dawn French as a not-so-nice fairy godmother)
12. "Bad Karma in the UK" – 2:17
13. "Our Tune" – 1:13
14. "Ken" – :41
15. "The End of the World Cabaret" – 1:09
16. "No Future (God Save the Queen)" – 2:12
17. "Floating" – 1:39
18. "Hurdy Gurdy Man" – 3:46
19. "Paranoid Remix" – 1:59
20. "The Amoeba Song (From 'A Very Cellular Song')" – 1:19

Horrible Electric Musicians

* Bryson Graham - heavy metal drummer
* Gavin Harrison - flash studio drummer
* Pip Pyle - drunken cabaret drummer
* Jakko Jakszyk - heavy and psychedelic guitarist
* Dave Stewart - keyboardist, heavy metal bassist, useless drummer and fifties guitarist
* Rick Biddulph - cabaret bass & Rickenbacker 12 string

Beautiful Acoustic Musicians

* Jimmy Hastings - flute, saxophone and piccolo
* Annie Whitehead - trombone
* Barbara Gaskin - backing vocals
* Ted Hayton - backing vocals on "Hole In My Shoe"
* Rick Biddulph - 12 string guitar

Ivor Cutler - Jammy Smears (1976)

2010-04-02T16:52:00.000-07:00

Ivor Cutler's final album for Virgin Records, 1976's Jammy Smears, is one of the best releases of his career. Kicking off with the jazzy piano tune "Bicarbonate of Chicken," a funny and bizarre dialogue with a waiter, the album runs through 31 brief songs, poems, and surreal short stories like the hilarious "Big Jim." About evenly split between recitations and songs like the catchy shaggy dog story "Barabadabada" and the oddly philosophical "Everybody Got," Jammy Smears features more of Cutler's piano playing than any of his albums other than 1967's jazz trio album Ludo. His trademark droning harmonium makes only a small handful of appearances. As on its predecessor, 1975's Velvet Donkey, Cutler's friend Phyllis April King reads five of her own poems and a short story, "The Wasted Call," on Jammy Smears, all of them based on life in and around a cottage in Dorset. Because most of Cutler's pieces this time out share the rural theme, with an episode of his ongoing Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Volume Two centered around a family walk in the country and several poems and stories about birds, bugs, and other wildlife, King's contributions are much more smoothly integrated with the whole than they had been on Velvet Donkey. Cutler's usual morbid obsessions crop up infrequently, making Jammy Smears one of his sunniest and most playful albums.

01 Bicarbonate of Chicken
02 Filcombe Cottage, Dorset
03 Squeeze Bees
04 The Turn
05 Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Volume Two, Episode Eleven
06 A Linnett
07 Jumping and Pecking
08 The Other Half
09 Beautiful Cosmos
10 The Path
11 Barabadabada
12 Big Jim
13 In the Chestnut Tree
14 Dust
15 Rubber Toy
16 Unexpected Join
17 A Wooden Tree
18 When I Stand on an Open Cart
19 High Is the Wind
20 The Surly Buddy
21 Pearly-Winged Fly
22 Garden Path at Filcombe
23 Paddington Town
24 Cage of Small Birds
25 Life in a Scotch Sitting Room, Vol. 2 EP.6
26 Irk Cutler 3:09
27 Lemon Flower
28 Red Admiral
29 Everybody Got
30 The Wasted Call
31 Wasted Call

thanks to JIM!

Tiny Tim - God Bless Tiny Tim (1968)

2010-03-12T01:30:00.000-08:00

God Bless Tiny Tim was the first album by Tiny Tim. Released in 1968 on the Reprise label, it included "Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me" (the song which made him famous), a version of "I Got You Babe", and a collection of more obscure songs. Many of the songs have humorous lyrics, are sung for humorous effect, or have an unexpected hook. It is widely praised, but was not released on CD until the late 1990s, and then only in Japan.

The album was produced by Richard Perry, who had produced Captain Beefheart's first album, Safe As Milk, and was to go on to produce Diana Ross, Rod Stewart and Ringo Starr. The arrangements are by Artie Butler.

The songs were written by a variety of composers, most from the early 20th century, and most rather obscure, although "I Got You Babe" was by Sonny Bono, and "Stay Down Here Where You Belong" was by Irving Berlin.

For some of the album, Tim sings in his unusual falsetto style. However, on a number of songs, "Stay Down Here Where You Belong", "The Coming Home Party" and others) he sings baritone, demonstrating his voice's great range. In "On the Old Front Porch", "Daddy, Daddy, What is Heaven Like?" and on "I Got You Babe" he sings both baritone and falsetto, alternating between the two. A joke in "I Got You Babe" is revealed in the last words where both baritone and falsetto voices unexpectedly sing at once, revealing the apparently agile duet is actually himself singing double-tracked.

01. "Welcome to My Dream"
02. "Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me"
03. "Livin' in the Sunlight, Lovin' in the Moonlight"
04. "On The Old Front Porch"
05. "The Viper"
06. "Stay Down Here Where You Belong"
07. "Then I'd Be Satisfied With Life"
08. "Strawberry Tea"
09. "The Other Side"
10. "Ever Since You Told Me That You Love Me (I'm A Nut)"
11. "Daddy, Daddy, What Is Heaven Like?"
12. "The Coming Home Party"
13. "Fill Your Heart"
14. "I Got You, Babe"
15. "This Is All I Ask"

The Rutles – The Rutles (1978)

2010-02-24T05:18:00.000-08:00

One of rock's most enduring and insightful parodies, brilliantly mirroring The Beatles' career, “The Rutles” is the soundtrack to the spoof documentary television film “All You Need Is Cash,” which aired on NBC in the U.S. on March 22, 1978. The brainchild of Neil Innes and former Monty Python member Eric Idle, the film is beloved by Beatles fans worldwide and even features a cameo from George Harrison as a TV reporter. The Rutles themselves were Neil Innes as Ron Nasty (Lennon), Eric Idle as Dirk McQuickly (McCartney), Rikki Fataar as Stig O'Hara (Harrison) and John Halsey as Barry Wom (Ringo). The fifth Rutle, for recording purposes, was guitarist Ollie Halsall. It should be noted that Eric Idle does not perform on this CD. He lip-synched to Halsall’s vocals in the TV movie. This expanded CD issued in 1990 adds six tracks to the 14-track vinyl version first released by Warner Bros. in 1978. The soundtrack reached #63 on the Billboard album charts.

Musicians:

Neil Innes: Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Ollie Halsall: Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals
Rikki Fataar: Guitar, Bass, Sitar, Tabla, Vocals
John Halsey: Percussion, Vocals
Andy Brown: Bass

All songs written and produced by Neil Innes.

Tracks:

1. Goose-Step Mama*
2. Number Two
3. Baby Let Me Be*
4. Hold My Hand
5. Blue Suede Schubert*
6. I Must Be In Love
7. With A Girl Like You
8. Between Us*
9. Living In Hope
10. Ouch!
11. It's Looking Good*
12. Doubleback Alley
13. Good Times Roll
14. Nevertheless
15. Love Life
16. Piggy In The Middle
17. Another Day
18. Cheese And Onions
19. Get Up And Go*
20. Let's Be Natural

* bonus tracks for CD issue.

IVOR CUTLER : An Elpee and Two Epees (2005)

2010-02-20T01:55:00.000-08:00

"Ivor Cutler's very earliest work was very hard to find in the decades after it was first issued. This compilation does an exemplary job of restoring it to wide availability, its 28 tracks combining everything from the 1961 LP Who Tore Your Trousers?, the 1959 EP Ivor Cutler of Y'Hup, and the 1961 EP Get Away from the Wall. Cutler's material would become more outrageously surreal on later recordings, perhaps, but these efforts are very much in step with the style for which he's beloved. With almost equal doses of spoken word and warbly singing with harmonium, these pieces take gentle pokes that subtly transform everyday experiences into something nearly surreal. It might be too gentle and subtle for those who like their comedy brash, or for Americans not attuned to his very British brand of humor. Still, it's easy to hear elements that the likes of the Bonzo Dog Band and Monty Python would take to more vivid (and more internationally accessible) extremes. And if it's not often laugh-out-loud funny, or too musically diverse, there's plenty of weird wordplay to generate amusement, such as his ode to a "Muscular Tree" and "Stick Out Your Chest," whose exhortative lyrics are totally undercut by Cutler's knowingly silly tone." - AMG

'Ivor Cutler plays "11 musical instruments including the harmonium, guitar, recorder, bamboo flute and 6 pianos". He has written 38 songs that might be described as a combination of Franz Kafka and the Goons.'

1. Here's A Health For Simon
2. Size Nine And A Half
3. Pickle Your Knees
4. Mary's A Cow
5. Gravity Begins At Home
6. Cowpuncher And A Bird
7. Boo Boo Bird
8. Steady Job
9. Obliging Fairy
10. First Love
11. Who Tore Your Trousers James
12. Are You Alright Jack
13. Red Flower
14. Do You Ever Feel Lonely
15. Warning To The Flies
16. Grass Seed
17. Market Place
18. Tooth Song
19. Egg Meat
20. Muscular Tree
21. Handymen
22. Sh Chi
23. Stick Out Your Chest
24. Turkish Bath Play
25. There's A Turtle In My Soup
26. Gruts For Tea
27. Get Away From The Wall
28. Tureen

jim said...
I thought you might like some Ivor Cutler...
THANKS, JIM!

Vivian Stanshall - Sir Henry at Ndidi's Kraal (1984)

2010-02-16T05:03:00.000-08:00

Former Bonzo Dog leader Stanshall continued his Sir Henry "epic" with Sir Henry at Ndidi's Kraal, a record that probably raised hackles on its release in 1983, and maybe even more so now, with its portrayal of the white Englishmen and his superior attitude toward the black South Africans working for him -- at one point, he even paints letters of the alphabet on them (in white gloss) because he can't pronounce their names. But the thing to be remembered is that it's meant to be funny, a parody of those colonials who trampled unwittingly all over native customs in the name of Empire and civilization. On that level, it certainly succeeds, although following the narrative (assuming that's actually possible) is like finding your way out of the labyrinth; after so many twists and turns, it becomes almost impossible. Apart from one song, it's all spoken word, a vehicle for Stanshall's remarkable stream-of-consciousness wit and wordplay, while the musicians (including future Mekon Suzi Honeymoon) remain generally unobtrusive -- which is just as well, since the tale and its telling are quite mesmerizing without any accompaniment. So long as you don't ask what it's about, and take it as a gleeful exercise in the surrealism of the English language, you'll love this disc by the late Stanshall. - AMG

01 N'Didid's Kraal - Part One
02 N'Didi's Kraal - Part Two
03 N'Didi's Kraal - Part Three

The Bonzo Dog Band - Cornology (1992 compilation box set)

2010-02-13T23:12:00.000-08:00

Cornology is a 1992 compilation box set of the complete recorded output of The Bonzo Dog Band issued on the Parlophone, Liberty and United Artists labels.

The three CDs each have subtitles. Volume one is titled The Intro and contains the albums Gorilla and The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse. Volume two is subtitled The Outro and contains the albums Tadpoles and Keynsham. Volume three is titled Dog Ends and contains their final original album Let's Make Up And Be Friendly along with early Bonzo Dog singles, odds and ends and solo material.

* 1 Track listing
o 1.1 Disc one--The Intro (DADA is normal--normal is nice)
o 1.2 Disc two--The Outro (The noises of your bodies are a part of this CD)
o 1.3 Disc three--Dog Ends (Mothers with children please note: this CD is inedible!)

Track listing:

All tracks by Neil Innes and/or Vivian Stanshall except were noted
Disc one--The Intro (DADA is normal--normal is nice):

Tracks 1-15 from the album Gorilla. Tracks 16-27 from the album The Doughnut In Granny's Greenhouse

1. "Cool Britannia" (Traditional) – 1:00
2. "The Equestrian Statue" – 2:44
3. "Jollity Farm" (Les Sarony) – 2:28
4. "I Left My Heart In San Francisco" (George Cory, Douglass Cross) – 1:04
5. "Look Out, There's A Monster Coming" – 2:54
6. "Jazz, Delicious Hot, Disgusting Cold" (Ash, Vernon Dudley Bohay-Nowell, Innes, Rodney Slater, Legs Larry Smith, Roger Ruskin Spear, Stanshall) – 3:10
7. "Death Cab For Cutie" – 2:56
8. "Narcissus" (Ethelbert Nevin) – 0:23
9. "The Intro And The Outro" – 3:03
10. "Mickey's Son And Daughter" (Connor, Edward Lisbona) – 2:43
11. "Big Shot" – 3:29
12. "Music For The Head Ballet" – 1:45
13. "Piggy Bank Love" – 3:03
14. "I'm Bored" – 3:07
15. "The Sound Of Music" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 1:23
16. "We Are Normal" – 4:50
17. "Postcard" – 4:22
18. "Beautiful Zelda" – 2:27
19. "Can Blue Men Sing The Whites" – 2:47
20. "Hello Mabel" – 2:46
21. "Kama Sutra" – 0:39
22. "Humanoid Boogie" – 3:04
23. "Trouser Press" – 2:20
24. "My Pink Half Of The Drainpipe" – 3:33
25. "Rockaliser Baby" – 3:29
26. "Rhinocratic Oaths" – 3:21
27. "11 Mustachioed Daughters" – 3:49

Disc two--The Outro (The noises of your bodies are a part of this CD):

Tracks 1-11 from the album Tadpoles. Tracks 12-25 from the album Keynsham.

1. "Hunting Tigers Out In INDIAH" (Stanley Damerell, Evans, Hargreaves) – 3:06
2. "Shirt" (Spear) – 4:27
3. "Tubas In The Moonlight" (Spear) – 2:22
4. "Dr. Jazz" (Walter Melrose, Oliver) – 2:40
5. "Monster Mash" (Leonard Capizzi, Bobby Pickett) – 2:59
6. "I'm the Urban Spaceman" – 2:23
7. "Ali-Baba's Camel" (Noel Gay) – 3:31
8. "Laughing Blues" (Bradley) – 3:44
9. "By A Waterfall" (Fain Kahal) – 3:08
10. "Mr. Apollo" – 4:20
11. "Canyons Of Your Mind" – 3:03
12. "You Done My Brain In" – 1:41
13. "Keynsham" – 2:22
14. "Quiet Talks & Summer Walks – 3:37
15. "Tent" – 3:06
16. "We Were Wrong" – 2:32
17. "Joke Shop Man" – 1:23
18. "The Bride Stripped Bare By 'Bachelors'" – 2:39
19. "Look At Me, I'm Wonderful" – 1:46
20. "What Do You Do?" – 3:12
21. "Mr. Slater's Parrot" – 2:27
22. "Sport" – 3:30
23. "I Want To Be With You" – 2:16
24. "Noises For The Leg" – 1:54
25. "'Busted'" – 5:47

Disc three--Dog Ends (Mothers with children please note: this CD is inedible!):

Tracks 7-17 from the album Let's Make Up And Be Friendly

1. "My Brother Makes The Noises For The Talkies" (Amberg, Bernauer, Raymond) – 3:02
2. "I'm Going To Bring A Watermelon To My Girl Tonight" (Conrad) – 2:03
3. "Alley Oop" (Dallas Frazier) – 2:32
4. "Button Up Your Overcoat" (Lew Brown, Buddy DeSylva, Ray Henderson) – 2:53
5. "Mr. Apollo" – 4:13 (Single Version) (German Version)
6. "Ready Mades" – 3:08
7. "The Strain" – 3:23
8. "Turkeys" – 2:10
9. "King Of Scurf" – 5:00
10. "Waiting For The Wardrobe" (Spear) – 2:47
11. "Straight From My Heart" – 3:06
12. "Rusty (Champion Thrust)" (Tony Kaye, Legs Larry Smith) – 7:05
13. "Rawlinson End" – 9:07
14. "Don't Get Me Wrong" – 4:53
15. "Fresh Wound" – 4:26
16. "Bad Blood" – 5:32
17. "Slush" – 2:20
18. "Labio-Dental Fricative" – 3:08 (Performed by Vivian Stanshall Sean Head Showband)
19. "Re-Cycled Vinyl Blues" – 3:32 (Performed by Neil Innes)
20. "Trouser Freak" (Spear) – 2:18 (Performed by Roger Ruskin Spear & His Giant Orchestral Wardrobe)

RE-POST: Neil Innes Book Of Records.....

2010-02-13T01:55:00.000-08:00

Apparently, I Missed A Few In My Last Neil Post. Here It Is Again, With The Proper Corrections and a BIG BONUS!

Syd Barrett - Wouldn't You Miss Me? The Best of Syd Barrett (2001)

2010-02-12T00:17:00.001-08:00

01 - Octopus
02 - Late Night
03 - Terrapin
04 - Swan Lee (Silas Lang)
05 - Wolfpack
06 - Golden Hair
07 - Here I Go
08 - Long Gone
09 - No Good Trying
10 - Opel
11 - Baby Lemonade
12 - Gigolo Aunt
13 - Dominoes
14 - Wouldn't You Miss Me (Dark Globe)
15 - Wined And Dined
16 - Effervescing Elephant
17 - Waving My Arms In The Air
18 - I Never Lied To You
19 - Love Song
20 - Two Of A Kind
21 - Bob Dylan Blues (Previously Unreleased)
22 - Golden Hair (Instrumental)

ROKY ERICKSON - I Have Always Been Here Before - The Roky Erickson Anthology (2005)

2010-02-09T02:59:00.000-08:00

43 track comp of the 13th Floor Elevator's career. The later stuff is really great as well, despite his mental state.

Tracklisting
1. We Sell Soul - (with The Spades)
2. It's A Cold Night For Alligators - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens)
3. Your Gonna Miss Me - (with 13th Floor Elevators)
4. Creature With The Atom Brain - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens)
5. Stand For The Fire Demon - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens)
6. Reverberation (Doubt) - (with 13th Floor Elevators)
7. Bloody Hammer - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens)
8. Tried To Hide - (with 13th Floor Elevators)
9. Wind And More
10. Fire Engine - (with 13th Floor Elevators)
11. If You Have Ghosts - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens)
12. She Lives (In A Time Of Her Own) - (with 13th Floor Elevators)
13. Song To Abe Lincoln - (with Roky Erickson & Blieb Alien)
14. Slip Inside This House - (with 13th Floor Elevators)
15. Anthem (I Promise)
16. Splash 1 - (with 13th Floor Elevators)
17. Dust - (with 13th Floor Elevators)
18. Warning (Social And Political Injustices)
19. Beast
20. I Had To Tell You - (with 13th Floor Elevators)
21. Postures (Leave Your Body Behind) - (with 13th Floor Elevators)
22. You Don't Love Me Yet
23. Clear Night For Love
24. Right Track Now - (featuring Roky Erickson & Clementine Hall)
25. Red Temple Prayer (Two Headed Dog) - (with Roky Erickson & Blieb Alien)
26. Don't Slander Me
27. Starry Eyes - (with Roky Erickson & Blieb Alien)
28. Nothing In Return
29. Burn The Flames
30. Bermuda
31. Interpreter
32. When You Get Delighted
33. True Love Cast Out All Evil
34. Mine Mine Mind - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens)
35. For You (I'd Do Anything)
36. I Have Always Been Here Before
37. Click Your Fingers Applauding The Play - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens)
38. Please Judge
39. We Are Never Talking
40. I Think Up Demons - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens)
41. I'm Gonna Free Her
42. Don't Shake Me Lucifer - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens)
43. White Faces - (with Roky Erickson & The Aliens)

Captain Beefheart - The Early Years 1959 - 1969 (European Bootleg, 1995 )

2010-02-07T06:24:00.001-08:00

A nicely packaged European bootleg bringing together a whole bunch of rare and unavailable Magic Band goodies. Much of the content has since been included on the Grow Fins box set and Zappa's Mystery Disc CD but there are a couple of items here that are still not available commercially.

Overall the sound is pretty good although the Avalon tracks are not as good as they could have been (still great to get the very rare 'Blues Jam' track included though).

For a change this is a boot that has been compiled by a real fan and this shows in the sleeve notes which I'll include here:-

"The first track in this collection is probably the earliest recording of Don Van Vliet, recorded in a classroom at Antelope Valley College/High with Zappa on guitar and Beefheart on Vocals.

'Teenage Maltshop': believed to have been recorded circa 1963/4 at Zappa's Cucamonga studio Z, as part of a Teenage Opera, offered to Dot Records but turned down because of the distorted guitar. 'Metal Man...' also recorded in Studio Z in the main studio, but with Beefheart outside in the corridor to the studio singing whatever words were scribbled on the walls!

'Avalon Ballroom' 1966 was the first CB & Magic BAnd, probably CB, Doug Moon, Jerry Handley & Paul Blakely. This shows the influence of Howlin Wolf - he even says people have requested a Wolf song before singing 'Evil'.

'Frying Pan Acetate': An alt version. predates release on A&M.

'Almost Grown': Is an unreleased variation of a Chuck Berry song, & 'Call On Me': A much slower version than as released on Safe As Milk.

The 'Moody Liz Acetate', although very similar to the recently located Strictly Personal OT found by Sequel, is a White Label test Pressing with a similar as released version of 'On Tomorrow'. An item this fan would give my right arm to own.

Possibly more exciting is 'Korn Ring Finger'. Why this was not included on the Sequel CD amazed me ... An excellent track that you hope will never end.

This brings us up to the 'Trout Rehearsals' - they sound if they were made to be a part warm-up to the actual recordings. You can hear Don in the back throughout blowin his Sax from different parts of the room experimenting with the sound on 'Hair Pie' Variations. It was said by Beefheart that although the album was recorded very quickly, the amount of work that must have been put in by all the band members; to get to a stage where the instrumental backing was rteady for Beefheart to sing over these complex rhythms is awe inspiring ... & how he actually managed to add the vocals only he knows.

The immediate contrast between 'Moody Liz' & 'Korn Ring Finger' from the S. Personal Ots is extraordinary especially considering there is barely a year between the recordings ... 'Ella Guru' is a sheer delight to hear in its instrumental form, as are others on the CD.

These are not the digital recordings of the 90s ... But to be 'a fly on the wall' whilst one of the most amazing albums was being prepared for an unsuspecting public, & to hear some of the Early Years of Mr Don V Vliet playing with an equally very young Mr Zappa is a treat. We have included hopefully some of the rarities that maybe, just maybe will entice someone to try to dig into the vaults & find these hidden gems.

Next will be a look into the years 1970-1980.

'Ha Ha! That's Right...Just Dig It!!' D.V.Vliet 1969"

This was one of the great Beefheart boots when it was released. Unfortunately the projected Early Years Volume 2 never appeared.

You Can't Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1

2010-01-28T03:43:00.000-08:00

You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore vol 1
1. The Florida Airport Tape (1:04)
2. Once Upon A Time (4:38)
3. Sofa #1 (2:53)
4. The Mammy Anthem (5:41)
5. You Didn't Try To Call Me (3:39)
6. Diseases Of The Band (2:22)
7. Tryin' To Grow A Chin (3:44)
8. Let's Make The Water Turn Black/
Harry, You're A Beast/
The Orange County Lumber Truck (3:28)
9. The Groupie Routine (5:41)
10. Ruthie-Ruthie (Brock/Berry) (2:57)
11. Babbette (3:36)
12. I'm The Slime (3:13)
13. Big Swifty (8:47)
14. Don't Eat The Yellow Snow (20:16)
15. Plastic People (Zappa/Berry) (4:39)
16. The Torture Never Stops (15:48)
17. Fine Girl (2:55)
18. Zomby Woof (5:39)
19. Sweet Leilani (Owens) (2:39)
20. Oh No (4:34)
21. Be In My Video (3:30)
22. The Deathless Horsie (5:29)
23. The Dangerous Kitchen (1:50)
24. Dumb All Over (4:20)
25. Heavenly Bank Account (4:06)
26. Suicide Chump (4:56)
27. Tell Me You Love Me (2:09)
28. Sofa #2 (3:01)

Tom Waits - Nighthawks at the Diner (1975)

2010-01-27T03:57:00.000-08:00

Nighthawks at the Diner is a 1975 album by Tom Waits, released on Asylum Records. The title was inspired by Edward Hopper's 1942 painting Nighthawks.

The album's working title had been "Nighthawk Postcards from Easy Street," but it was shortened to Nighthawks at the Diner.

The album was recorded live in Record Plant Studios, in front of a small invited audience. This gives the record an intimate feeling as Waits spends time telling stories, jokes and explaining the stories behind his songs through seven separate introductions.

Side One

1. "(Opening Intro)" 2:58
2. "Emotional Weather Report" 3:47
3. ""(Intro)" to "On a Foggy Night"" 2:16
4. "On a Foggy Night" 3:48
5. ""(Intro)" to "Eggs and Sausage"" 1:53
6. "Eggs and Sausage (In a Cadillac with Susan Michelson)" 4:19

Side Two

1. ""(Intro)" to "Better Off Without a Wife"" 3:02
2. "Better Off Without a Wife" 3:59
3. "Nighthawk Postcards (From Easy Street)" 11:30

Side Three

1. ""(Intro)" to "Warm Beer and Cold Women"" 0:55
2. "Warm Beer and Cold Women" 5:21
3. ""(Intro)" to "Putnam County"" 0:47
4. "Putnam County" 7:35
5. "Spare Parts I (A Nocturnal Emission)" Waits, Chuck E. Weiss 6:25

Side Four

1. "Nobody" 2:51
2. ""(Intro)" to "Big Joe and Phantom 309"" 0:40
3. "Big Joe and Phantom 309" Tommy Faile 6:29
4. "Spare Parts II and Closing" Waits, Weiss 5:13

Personnel

* Pete Christlieb – tenor sax
* Bill Goodwin – drums
* Jim Hughart – upright bass
* Mike Melvoin – piano, electric piano
* Tom Waits – vocals, piano, guitar

Jack Kerouac - Reads on the Road (1999)

2010-01-25T01:02:00.000-08:00

While Rhino's compilation might mark a better place to start, Reads on the Road is certainly a worthy collection of some of Jack Kerouac's narratives and poetry, embellished by some actual singing. Kerouac is a more enjoyable author to hear reading on disc than most, since his prose had much of a jazz rhythm, and since he was an engaging reader/performer himself. The big find on this 74-minute CD is the 28-minute excerpt from On the Road his most famous and widely-read book, found on '50s acetates that had been thought lost. "On the Road" is presented as it was discovered, with just Kerouac's voice, but guitarist Vic Juris and Hammond organist John Medeski recorded music in 1998 for his early-'60s musical song-poem "On the Road" (a separate performance from his reading of material from the book). It's unexpected, and amusing if not brilliant, to hear Kerouac sing three jazz standards by the likes of Sammy Kahn, Johnny Mercer, and Gordon Jenkins in the late 1950s (presented with the original musical backing, by unknown musicians). David Amram, who had provided musical backup for Kerouac's readings in the late 1950s, wrote and recorded music in 1998 for two more Kerouac poems, cut by Kerouac in the back of a record shop, including the previously unpublished "Washington D.C. Blues," which runs for 17 minutes. Ending the set is Tom Waits, backed by Primus, doing yet another "On the Road," for which Waits put music to Kerouac's prose.

1 Aint' We Got Fun 02:34
2 On the Road (Jazz of the Beat Generation) 28:45
3 On the Road 02:18
4 Come Rain or Come Shine 03:42
5 Orizaba 210 Blues 09:34
6 When a Woman Loves a Man 02:57
7 Leavin' Town 03:04
8 Washington D.C. Blues 17:46
9 On the Road 03:58

Bonzo Dog Band - Normal Hawaiians

2010-01-15T00:02:00.000-08:00

11 Mustachioed Daughters
Blind Date
The Strain
Cygnet Committee
Sail Away
Lead Us
Go Out Into the Open
I've Got A Braun New Girl
Ready Mades
Mattress Man
Dr. Rock
Brain Opera

Frank Zappa - Pregnant (1972, Compilation)

2010-01-12T01:57:00.000-08:00

There seems to have been a double-LP version in the US (note: most people are quite certain that there never was a US Pregnant), but all we have here is a track list for the single LP version:

1. Hungry Freaks, Daddy (03:30)
2. How Could I Be Such a Fool? (03:28)
3. Uncle Bernie's Farm (02:09)
4. Son of Suzy Creamcheese (01:37)
5. Love of My Life (03:05)
6. Who Needs the Peace Corps? (02:46)

7. Mother People (02:34)
8. Jelly Roll Gum Drop (02:17)
9. Who Are the Brain Police? (03:30)
10. I Ain't Got No Heart (02:35)
11. Trouble Comin' Every Day (02:35)
12. Motherly Love (02:47)

The cover, credited to a Jürgen E Gesang (funny name), is by far the ugliest ever on a Zappa album (and it also appears on a various-artists compilation from Argentina called Sound Monsters

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - Keynsham (1969)

2010-01-11T03:14:00.000-08:00

Side 1 Side 2
1. YOU DONE MY BRAIN IN (Innes) 1.40
An Affirmation of madness.
2. KEYNSHAM (Innes) 2.20
"We" are introduced.
3. QUIET TALKS & SUMMER WALKS (Innes) 3.15
All the romance of the novel.
4. TENT (Stanshall) 2.30
A penetrating inquiry & some recreations.
5. WE WERE WRONG (Stanshall) 2.30
Nostalgic routine. Spot the deliberate fag.
6. JOKE SHOP MAN (Innes) 1.23
The Armoury of Deception.
7. THE BRIDE STRIPPED BARE BY "BACHELORS"
(Stanshall/Innes) 2.35 Welcome t' Club Foot
8. LOOK AT ME, I'M WONDERFUL (Stanshall) 1.45
A warning.. 9. WHAT DO YOU DO? (Innes) 3.15
Nihilist chant before deciding, decoding, decanting,
n' chanting, N' baku, disgorging, dat's gorging piglets!
10. MR. SLATER'S PARROT (Stanshall) 2.18
Own-up Time. A paradox. Homely fun.
Demands for the right to live like a civilised human-bean.
11. SPORT (Stanshall) 3.20
(THE ODD BOY) Unusual flash-back.
Rehearsals for the Rape of the mind.
12. I WANT TO BE WITH YOU (Innes) 2.15
Sounds reasonable.
13. NOISES FOR THE LEG (Stanshall) 2.15
Procession of the Freaks. A horrid dream.
14. "BUSTED" (Stanshall/Innes) 5.40
Finale & extravaganza. Pate & Putty. The "ballet" of the
streets & an astounding wind-up. The End.

THE LINER NOTES

By Prof. Harvey J. Satan

WELCOME TO KEYNSHAM!

Population: 6 Bonzo's, their instruments, their songs, and YOU.

[ Whereas most people are NOT aloud to talk about "Keynsham"....I knew the right palms to cross with silver....and can henceforth reveal as much as I was aloud to be told by the locals.....at least until the full moon comes out. ]

Now read on....

SIDE ONE: Our journey begins with the cryptical warning, "I have personally won over....". This personal overthrow seems to have been achieved with the help of heavy machinery! Have androids taken over Keynsham? The first song, "You Done my Brain In", is all Neil, and a rocking good song about the alienation of relationships. Our singer loves the object of his affections so much, he can't even bare to be near her! We are then given our first warning about NOT mentioning the secrets of "Keynsham". And then we are given the very psychedelic song of "Keynsham" which weaves intricate word plays into lyrics, not unlike John Lennon's works, but tells us precious little about "Keynsham". This is followed by the very gentle, "Quiet Talks & Summer Walks", a song about the world seen through the eyes of a flower...yes, in "Keynsham" even the flowers are watching! Next the local dentists seems to be extracting not only teeth, but information as well! We are then treated to the wonderfully looney and loud, "Tent"! "Tent", I believe has always been a fan favourite just because it is so obnoxious in it's intentions and lyrics, and Vivian's vocals! ( He is very much loving singing this song! ).Next is, "We Were Wrong", a hilarious duet, with a lyric exchange between a couple....the twist here is, the couple is "Legs" Larry Smith & Vivian Stanshall. This song has a sort of 50's sound to it, and a great Neil duet on piano & organ. We then run into, "Joke Shop Man", a bit of a creepy song. It sings the virtues of the items a novelty shop sells, and then ends with a sort of haunting mantra of sound, that seems to indicate all of the Joke Shop's wares are suddenly marching on the city! "Bride Stripped Bare By "Bachelors", the next track in your song book, is a look at The Bonzo's themselves, as they arrive in "Keynsham" and receive a less than warm welcome. This may be the only song in which all the Bonzo's sing a solo line. We round out this side with, Look At Me I'm Wonderful", another coupling of "Legs" Larry Smith and Vivian Stanshall. This time it's a delightful poke at smarmy showbiz singers. ( And we fade out to the sounds of more machinery.....was the singer a machine trying to be a human? )

SIDE TWO: Our flip side starts off with the gently inquisitive, "What Do You Do?", Neil's look on the drudgeries of daily life. We are then treated to a really bad pun, followed by: "Mr. Slater's Parrot". This song is a delightful throwback to the early Bonzo sound, you can almost picture them all running about the stage squawking like parrots. Next, with the help of some simple hypnosis, we are reminded of our youth via, "Sport ( The Odd Boy )". This song is unique in it's change in styles,it starts off as baroque with the harpsichord, then becomes medieval with the recorder and drum, and then progresses into a rocking jam for bass and bells! Also amusing is the lyrical commentary that boys whom do not indulge in sport, are basically useless to society. Neil then indulges us in a rock ballad, "I Want To Be With You". ( You might almost think of this as his first song for Yvonne, his wife.). But all is not hearts and flowers, we soon learn that the local military have become werewolves! And to accompany this revelation, we are given "Noises For The Leg", an eerie horror film instrumental, featuring Roger Ruskin Spear on the theremin. Closing out our trip to "Keynsham", is the show stopping, "Busted", a commentary on Youth, Alienation, and The Police....it's actually more comical than it sounds. And as the song fades out, we hear our train taking us out of "Keynsham", and on to pastures new.

Afterward: It's hard to say if this album was ever meant to be a fully realized "concept" album or if it was altered in the final stages and quickly cobbled together. The complete "story", as read in the gatefold sleeve of the album seems to suggest this album was originally going to be both songs and words, rather than songs and bits of chat. The album works in it's final form, the spoken bits seem to add more mystique to it all, but one wonders how the fully completed narration would've sounded? ( Of course, if you are sitting around with friends, you could all get together and act it out for yourself! )

The score so far: At this point "Do Not Adjust Your Set" was over. The Bonzo's had done extensive touring, with bands like "Cream", "The Who", and the up and coming "Led Zepplin". The toils of touring were beginning to take their toll, and the differences in music styles between band members was also becoming a strain. ( How does one hold together a band who's members want to play "Trad. Jazz", "Rock" and "Avant Garde" ? ) This album was a good mix of styles, but it was becoming harder to accommodate all in the band. Not to mention the comings and goings of some band members, making it difficult to keep track of who wanted to still be a Bonzo!

EPILOGUE: As the lads exited the serene, yet slightly terrifying confines of this land known as "Keynsham", they found themselves at a true fork in the road. Three roads to take, three choices to make. The signs up ahead read thusly: "The Brain Opera", "The Break Up", and "The Contractual Obligation". Which would they choose? In true Bonzo form, it would be ALL three! ( More on that below and in our next episode, titled: "Let's Make Up And Be Friendly" )

NEIL INNES

2010-01-09T23:40:00.000-08:00

Plenty of Time
This Love of Ours
Slaves of Freedom
Lamour Perdu
Godzilla's Return
God Is Love
Let's Go Crazy
Mississippi Moon
Children's Song
When Does A Dream Begin
Don't Make Me Use My Imagination
Elvis & The Disagreeable
Backing Singers
Early Morning Train
Paranoia
Keep On Rockin'
Something To Say
Another Lonely Man
Caveman's Dream
Godfrey Daniel
Drama On A Saturday Night
Humanoid Boogie
La Vie En Rose
Now She's Left You
I'm the Urban Spaceman
9-5 Pollution Blues
Dream On
Happy Ending
All In The Name Of Love
Amoeba Boogie
Blue Suede Schubert
Boring
Catchphrase
Et Cetera
Kenny and Liza
Knicker Elastic King
Love Is Getting Deeper
Montana Cafe
Spontaneous

also:
Vivian's "Great Life" with Neil Innes - Neil Innes discusses the life of his Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band colleague and friend Vivian Stanshall

Songs The Bonzo Dog Band Taught Us - Various Artists

2010-01-05T02:42:00.000-08:00

A collection of original 1920's and 1930's novelty jazz and British Dance Band recordings that inspired, influenced and were covered by The Bonzo Dog Band

1 Leslie Sarony With Jack Hylton And His Orchestra - Jollity Farm
2 BBC Dance Orchestra, The - Mickey's Son And Daughter
3 Savoy Havana Band, The - I'm Gonna Bring A Watermelon To My Girl Tonight
4 Jack Hylton And His Orchestra - Button Up Your Overcoat
5 Percival Mackey And His Band - On Her Doorstep Last Night
6 Rhythmic Troubadours, The - Ali Baba's Camel
7 Jack Hylton And His Orchestra - By A Waterfall
8 Hal Swain And His Band - Hunting Tigers Out In India (Yah)
9 Albert Whelan - My Brother Makes The Noises For The Talkies
10 Jack Hylton's Jazz Band - Laughing Waltz
11 Whispering Jack Smith - All By Yourself In The Moonlight
12 Noël Coward - A Room With A View
13 Bebe Daniels & Ben Lyon - Little Sir Echo
14 Jack Payne And His Dance Orchestra - Make Yourself A Happiness Pie
15 Jay Wilbur And His Band - We'll All Go Riding On A Rainbow
16 Billy Cotton And His Band - Skirts
17 Continental Five, The - The Sheik Of Araby
18 Jack Hylton And His Orchestra - Bell Bottom Trousers
19 Jelly Roll Morton's Red Hot Peppers - Dr. Jazz Stomp
20 Ray Starita And His Ambassadors - The Flies Crawled Up The Window
21 Jay Whidden And His Band - I Lift Up My Finger And I Say "Tweet Tweet"
22 Savoy Havana Band, The - Masculine Women And Feminine Men
23 Leslie Sarony - Misery Farm
24 Roy Leslie - Omar Khayam's Cave
25 Jack Hodges The Raspberry King - Everything Is Fresh Today
26 Savoy Havana Band, The - Last Night On The Back Porch
27 Guy Lombardo And His Royal Canadians - I Love To Bumpity Bump

By Jingo It's British Rubbish

2010-01-05T02:21:00.000-08:00

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This unusual and very amusing CD features the well matched Alberts, Temperance Seven, and the Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band. The song, "Ukelele Lady" stars Peter Sellers. Whereas some of the music is American, The Alberts proclaim, "it may be rubbish, but at least it's English rubbish". Songs are mainly from the 1920s. "On her doorstep last night" also appears on the Music of the 20th Century CD performed there by Jack Payne and his Band (1929). The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band started their career in offbeat trad jazz before branching off into areas of rock, blues, and the just plain wonderfully weird for weird's sake. "You're driving me crazy was a 1960's number one for the Temperance Seven.

1. Morse code melody - Alberts
2. Sahara - Temperance Seven
3. Ali Baba's camel - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
4. Everybody loves my baby - Temperance Seven
5. On her doorstep last night - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
6. Hard hearted Hannah - Temperance Seven
7. Sleepy valley - Alberts
8. Jazz delicious hot disgusting cold - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
9. Vo do do de o blues - Temperance Seven
10. I'm going to bring a watermelon - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
11. To my girl tonight - Milligan, Spike & The Massed Alberts
12. You gotta go now - Milligan, Spike & The Massed Alberts
13. You're driving me crazy - Temperance
14. Dr Jazz - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
15. Pasadena - Temperance Seven
16. By a waterfall - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
17. Kaiser drag - Temperance Seven
18. My brother makes noises for - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
19. Talkies - Sellers, Peter & The Temperance Seven
20. Ukelele lady - Sellers, Peter & The Temperance Seven
21. Blaze away - Alberts
22. Running wild - Temperance Seven
23. Jollity farm - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
24. Thanks for the melody - Temperance Seven
25. Laughing blues - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
26. TCP (That certain party) - Temperance Seven
27. Hunting tigers out in Indiah - Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band
28. Goodbye dolly gray - Alberts

Happy New Year 2010!

2010-01-04T08:53:00.000-08:00

New Year's is a harmless annual institution, of no particular use to anybody save as a scapegoat for promiscuous drunks, and friendly calls and humbug resolutions. - Mark Twain

Various Artists: Its Midnight Xmess Part III

2009-12-21T00:06:00.000-08:00

Various Artists: Its Midnight Xmess Part III

1. Reindeer n' Whiskey - The Iguanas
2. Celebrate! - Whooping Cranes
3. "Yuh, Xmess" - Gorhounds
4. My Sears Catalogue - Sharky's Machine
5. Xmas Will Never - The Love Pushers
6. Merry Christmas, Baby - The Senders
7. Mrs. Claus Has Menopause - The Sterilles
8. Staring in the Eye of God - The Woofing Cookies
9. Are You Ready for Christmas - Luther n' B.B.B.'s
10. One Winter's Night - The Brood
11. December Mourning - Crocodile Shop
12. Christmas Comes to Those Who Wait - Dimentia 13
13. The Last Noel - John Frankovic

Various Artists: A Midnight Christmas Mess

2009-12-20T23:45:00.000-08:00

1. Christmastime Here (Could Never Be Like That) - Wednesday Week
2. On Comet - The Point
3. Christmastime With You - The Cheepskates
4. Here's What I Want on a Christmas Day - Justin Love
5. Christmas Dance - Johnny Rabb
6. Gotta Get Lucky for Xmas - Johnny Rabb
7. Xmas Time (It Sure Doesn't Feel Like It) - The Dogmatics
8. Last Minute Rush - The Cheepskates
9. Merry Christmas - Plan 9
10. Christmas Tyme (Baby) - Yard Trauma
11. Forget It - Nadroj & The Wolrats
12. Schizophrenic X'mas - The Suburban Nightmares
13. Gloria (in Excelsis Deo) - The Tryfles
14. It's Christmas (A Time for Giving) - Screamin' Jay Hawkins
15. Silent Night (J.D.'s Salute to Phil Spector) - Droogs

Various Artists: Oh! No! Not Another... Midnight Christmas Mess Again!!

2009-12-20T23:44:00.000-08:00

Various Artists: Oh! No! Not Another... Midnight Christmas Mess Again!!

1. Hazy Shades of Winter - The Slickee Boys
2. Christmas I'll Be Home - The Vipers
3. Star - The Cheepskates
4. Santa is Comin' Down Again - The Psycho Daisies
5. Santa Ain't Santa - Woofing Cookies
6. Jesus Christ - The Love Pushers
7. O Tannenbaum Now - Das Furlines
8. Blue Christmas - The Ravens
9. Wreck These Halls - Howard & Jag's X-mas Vacation
10. Sleighbell Bop - The Holidays
11. Coal in My Stocking - The Backbones
12. Christmas Eve at KNL (Kansas Neurological Institute) - The Iguanas
13. Snow is Falling - Dementia 13

David Rose-Little Drummer Boy

2009-12-18T01:16:00.000-08:00

Side One
01 Carol Of The Bells
02 Little Drummer Boy
03 The Christmas Waltz
04 The Christmas Tree
05 The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You)
06 I Saw Three Ships
Side Two
01 MEDLEY:
Deck The Hall
The First Noel
Joy To The World
02 MEDLEY:
Silent Night
O Come All Ye Faithful
03 The Twelve Days Of Christmas
04 Toyland
05 MEDLEY:
Christmas Is Coming
Angels We Have Heard On High

(reissue of 'The David Rose Christmas Album' Capitol ST 2853 Released in 1968,
and by the way, many of the songs from this LP came from the Main St. Christmas Area Music Loop at Disneyland.)

Beatles - Christmas Records 1963 - 1969 (Doctor Ebbets)

2009-12-16T02:15:00.000-08:00

Starting in 1963, the Beatles started recording and releasing a special 6 or 7 minutes christmas single, in the shape of a 7 inch flexidisc (looks like a single, but is thinner and made of plastic), which they had distributed to members of their official fan club. These recorda are very rare today and difficult to get hold of.

1) The Beatles Christmas Record December 6, 1963 (Lyntone LYN 492)
Description: Amongst christmas greetings and other things other things a comical rendition of "Good King Wenceslas" and towards the end the chorus from "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (Marks).
Recorded Oktober 17, 1963.
2) Another Beatles Christmas Record December 18, 1964 (Lyntone LYN 757)
Description: Includes the classic "Jingle Bells," individual greetings and the ending jingle "Can You Wash Your Father's Shirts?"
Recorded: October 26, 1964.
3) The Beatles Third Christmas Record December 17, 1965 (Lyntone LYN 948)
Description: Contains "Yesterday," "Happy Christmas to Ya List'nas," "Auld Land Syne," the Four Top's "It's the Same Old Song" and "Christmas Comes But Once a Year."
Recorded November 8, 1965.
4) The Beatles Fourth Christmas Record Pantomime: Everywhere It's Christmas December 16, 1966 (Lyntone LYN 1145)
Description: A Monty Python-like record (or to be more accurate, the Goon Shows) , with amongst other things "Everywhere It's Christmas," "Orowanya," "Please Don't Bring Your Banjo Back" and the dramatic mini-play "Podgy the Bear and Jasper Visit Felpin Mansions."
Recorded: November 25, 1966.
5) Christmas Time Is Here Again! December 15, 1967 (Lyntone LYN 1360)
Description: includes the rocking "Christmas Time is Here Again," (later released in conjunction with the Anthology-project) "Plenty of Jam Jars" (performed by fictional band the "Revellers"), and finally John's poem "When Christmas Time is Over."
Recorded: November 28, 1967.
6) The Beatles 1968 Christmas Record December 20, 1968 (Lyntone LYN 1743/4)
Description: a collage of sounds and Fab greetings, including "Happy Christmas, Happy New Year," Johns poem "Jock & Yono" and "Once Upon a Pool Table." Guest-appearing artist Tiny Tim destroys "Nowhere Man".
Recorded in November, 1968.
7) The Beatles Seventh Christmas Record December 19, 1969 (Lyntone LYN 1970/1)
Description: A visit to John and Yoko in their home, Ringo plugs his movie "The Magic Christian" and Paul sings "This is to Wish You a Merry, Merry Christmas." George is featured only briefly.
Recorded autumn 1969.

LP: From Then To You (Title in the USA: The Beatles Christmas Album)
Released: December 18, 1970 (Apple SBC 100) USA-edition, (Apple LYN 2154) UK-edition.
Description: A compilation of all these above mentioned flexis. As with the flexis, only fan club members were given a copy of this LP. Apart from the free copy, more copies could be ordered from the fan club. This was the first time americans could listen to the 1963-record, since they started with the 1964 flexi. The two editions of the LP has different names and also different album sleeves. The american one is the most popular a la the british A Hard Day's Night LP, but featuring photos from different years. Both the UK and USA versions of this LP are extremely rare, and have been counterfeited several times. In 1997, Ringo said that Apple has plans to release this LP on CD to a broader audience.

Kay Martin & Her Bodyguards - I Know What He Wants For Xmas

2009-12-14T02:23:00.000-08:00

1.) Hang Your Balls On The Xmas Tree
2.) I Want A Casting Couch For Christmas
3.) Come On Santa, Let's Have A Ball
4.) The Night Before Christmas Binge
5.) Santa's Doing The Horizontal Twist
6.) Santa's Going To Be Late Tonight
7.) The Girls Were All Happy
8.) I Know What You Want For Christmas
9.) A Funtastic Panorama Of On-Stage Humor

Conquer The Video Craze

2009-12-14T02:11:00.000-08:00

01 Introduction
02 Centipede
03 Defender
04 Stargate
05 Dig Dug
06 Donkey Kong
07 Pac-Man
08 Ms. Pac-Man
09 Tempest

Centipede
Defender
Dig Dug
Donkey Kong
Ms Pac-Man
Pac-Man
Stargate
Tempest

*thanx to WMFU

Sound 8: Background Music For Your Personal Movies

2009-12-12T01:31:00.000-08:00

01 Music For Family Fun (1:46)
02 Music For Family Fun (0:34)
03 Music For Majestic Scenes (1:16)
04 Music For Majestic Scenes (0:39)
05 Music For Travel Scenes (2:28)
06 Music For Water Activities (1:25)
07 Music For Party Scenes (2:34)
08 Music For Vacation Fun (2:15)
09 Music For Sports Events (1:49)
10 Music For Children's Activities (1:11)
11 Music For Children's Activities (1:08)
12 Music For All Kinds Of Fun (4:41)
13 Traffic (1:07)
14 Laugh, Large Crowd (0:22)
15 Applause, Large Crowd (0:21)
16 Crowd, Large (0:47)
17 Children Playing Outdoors (1:02)
18 Dog Barking, Puppy (0:21)
19 Dog Barking, Full-Grown (0:26)
20 Cat Meow (0:17)
21 Motorboat, Start-Run-Stop (1:00)
22 Diving Board, Children (0:23)
23 Slide Whistle, Three (0:11)
24 Automobile, Start-Pull Away (0:12)
25 Bo-ing Effect, Three (0:13)

*thanx to 365 days project and WMFU

Songs About Dogs - Frank Milano and the Golden Orchestra

2009-12-10T06:07:00.000-08:00

01 How Much Is That Doggie in the Window
02 Overture and Introduction
03 Chihuahua (Cha Cha Cha) (for fredo)
04 Great Dane
05 Cocker Spaniel
06 The Terriers
07 German Shepherd
08 I'm a Dachshund
09 The Hunting Dog (Retriever, Setter, Springer)
10 St Bernard
11 Just Plain Dog ( for jack and benny (R.I.P) )
12 Pekinese
13 Dalmatian
14 Boxer
15 Collie
16 Les Poodles
17 Boston Bull (How Come There Is No Dog Day)
18 Take a Bow-Wow-Wow

Laurie Johnson & Orchestra - The Avengers

2009-12-10T03:55:00.001-08:00

01 - Theme From 'The Avengers
02 - Bali Ha'i
03 - Minor Bosa Nova
04 - My Favourite Things
05 - I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
06 - It's a Raggy Waltz
07 - Sabre Dance
08 - Call Me Irresponsible
09 - I'm Old Fashioned
10 - Baubles, Bangles & Beads

for bennie.....r.i.p 'little buddy' love 2u4ever!

Frank Zappa - Francesco Zappa (1984)

2009-11-22T01:40:00.000-08:00

Francesco is a 1984 album by Frank Zappa, often referred to as "Francesco Zappa". It features chamber music by the Italian composer Francesco Zappa, who composed between 1763 and 1788. Frank Zappa found an entry for him in the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and then researched his sheet music in the library at UC Berkeley. The two musicians are not related.

Track listing

All selections composed by Francesco Zappa and performed by Frank Zappa on the Synclavier.
Side one

1. "Opus I: No. 1 First Movement: Andante" – 3:32
2. "No. 1 2nd Movement: Allegro con brio" – 1:27
3. "No. 2 1st Movement: Andantino" – 2:14
4. "No. 2 2nd Movement: Minuetto grazioso" – 2:04
5. "No. 3 1st Movement: Andantino" – 1:52
6. "No. 3 2nd Movement: Presto" – 1:50
7. "No. 4 1st Movement: Andante" – 2:20
8. "No. 4 2nd Movement: Allegro" – 3:04
9. "No. 5 2nd Movement: Minuetto grazioso" – 2:29
10. "No. 6 1st Movement: Largo" – 2:08
11. "No. 6 2nd Movement: Minuet" – 2:03

] Side two

1. "Opus IV: No. 1 1st Movement: Andantino" – 2:47
2. "No. 1 2nd Movement: Allegro assai" – 2:02
3. "No. 2 2nd Movement: Allegro assai" – 1:20
4. "No. 3 1st Movement: Andante" – 2:24
5. "No. 3 2nd Movement: Tempo di minuetto" – 2:00
6. "No. 4 1st Movement: Minuetto" – 2:10

MOFO

2009-11-10T02:54:00.000-08:00

The Making Of Freak Out!: An FZ Audio Documentary is a box set by Frank Zappa. The set was announced by the Zappa Family Trust in mid-2006. It commemorates the 40th anniversary of and features previously unreleased material from Zappa's first album, Freak Out! It was first issued as a 2-CD set (official release #78), and then as a limited edition 4-CD box set (official release #77) available only through the official Zappa website.
4-CD version

Disc 1:

Original 1966 Stereo LP Mix of Freak Out!.

Disc 2:

None of these tracks have previously appeared in any format outside the Vault other than the configuration offered herein.

1. Hungry Freaks, Daddy - Vocal Overdub Take 1
2. Anyway the Wind Blows - Vocal Overdub
3. Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder - Vocal Overdub Take 2
4. I Ain't Got No Heart - Vocal Overdub Master Take
5. Motherly Love - Vocal Overdub Master Takes
6. I'm Not Satisfied - 2nd Vocal Overdub Master, Take 2 (Rough Mix)
7. You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here - Vocal Overdub Take 1 (Incomplete)/Take 2 (Incomplete)
8. You're Probably Wondering Why I'm Here - Basic Tracks
9. Who Are the Brain Police? - Basic Tracks
10. How Could I Be Such a Fool? - Basic Tracks
11. Anyway the Wind Blows - Basic Tracks
12. Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder - Basic Tracks
13. I Ain't Got No Heart - Basic Tracks
14. You Didn't Try to Call Me - Basic Tracks
15. Trouble Every Day - Basic Tracks
16. Help, I'm a Rock - FZ Edit
17. Who Are the Brain Police? (Section B) - Alternate Take
18. Groupie Bang Bang
19. Hold On to Your Small Tiny Horsies...

Disc 3:

1. Objects
2. Freak Trim (Kim Outs A Big Idea)
3. Percussion Insert Session Snoop
4. Freak Out Drum Track w/ Timp. & Lion
5. Percussion Object 1 & 2
6. Lion Roar & Drums From Freak Out!
7. Vito Rocks the Floor (Greek Out!)
8. "Low Budget Rock & Roll Band"
9. Suzy Creamcheese (What's Got Into You?)
10. Motherly Love
11. You Didn't Try to Call Me
12. I'm Not Satisfied
13. Hungry Freaks, Daddy
14. Go Cry On Somebody Else's Shoulder

Disc 4:

1. Wowie Zowie
2. Who Are the Brain Police? (Section A, C, B)
3. Hungry Freaks, Daddy
4. Cream Cheese (Work Part)
5. Trouble Every Day
6. It Can't Happen Here (Mothermania version)
7. "Psychedelic Music"
8. "MGM"
9. "Dope Fiend Music"
10. "How We Made It Sound That Way"
11. "Poop Rock"
12. "Machinery"
13. "Psychedelic Upholstery"
14. "Psychedelic Money"
15. Who Are The Brain Police?
16. Any Way the Wind Blows
17. Hungry Freaks, Daddy
18. "The 'Original' Group"
19. "Necessity"
20. "Union Scale"
21. "25 Hundred Signing Fee"
22. "Tom Wilson"
23. "My Pet Theory"
24. "There is No Need"

Frank Zappa - Lumpy Gravy (1967 Capitol version)

2009-11-03T02:11:00.000-08:00

The album's conception came about in late 1966 when a Capitol Records producer named Nick Venet offered Zappa the chance to record an album of orchestral music. At this point in his career he was known to the public only as a rock musician. Zappa assembled approximately 40 of the very best session musicians (including legendary guitarist Tommy Tedesco) at the Capitol Records studio in Hollywood in February and March 1967 to record an album of his instrumental compositions. Though Zappa was credited as conductor the ensemble was actually led by veteran Hollywood musician Sid Sharp under Zappa's supervision. Zappa gave the group an absurd name, the "Abnuceals Emuukha Electric Symphony Orchestra and Chorus", to match the music.

There was a long delay between the initial orchestral recording sessions and final release in May 1968. This was caused by a dispute between MGM Records and Capitol Records. As first prepared for Capitol, the album contained music from the studio orchestra only with a total playing time of about 22 minutes. However MGM had already signed Zappa to their Verve Records division in early 1966 as a member of The Mothers of Invention. Zappa believed his MGM/Verve contract allowed him to work on outside projects as long as he did not sing or play. MGM disagreed. It claimed ownership of the recordings and sued to stop all distribution of the Capitol album. Under terms of the settlement MGM/Verve agreed to purchase the recordings.

This early version of Lumpy Gravy was released on stereo 4-track cartridge tape format in 1967 only. It contains only orchestral music, about a couple of minutes of which is unique material which is not on the LP/CD version. According to Zappa himself, the Capitol 4-track of Lumpy Gravy is one of the rarest official Zappa releases - if not the rarest. Capitol had also begun preparation of the vinyl LP record as well as a 7" single from the album ("Sink Trap" b/w "Gypsy Airs") but these did not get past the test pressing stage.A recording of the all-orchestral version, sourced from a stereo acetate demonstration disc believed to have been stolen from Capitol's vaults, circulated amongst collectors for a number of years. In 2009, the Capitol version was finally released officially (sourced from a mono master tape) as part of the Lumpy Money box set.

Frankie Stein And His Ghouls

2009-10-30T00:54:00.000-07:00

Frankie Stein and His Ghouls, a fictional studio creation designed to profit off the "Monster Kid" generation of the early 1960's. The Frankie Stein formula was as simple as it was brilliant; cool low budget horror cover art, creepy sounding song names with a suggested dance listing after the title ("Hully Gully, Frug"), and spooky sound effects laid on top of the actual music (which was a potpourri of twist & beat numbers that sometimes had frightful compositional overtones & sometimes didn't)

ZACHERLEY - The Cool Ghoul

2009-10-23T01:36:00.000-07:00

In the annals of modern entertainment, you would be hard-pressed to find anyone who's had a longer and more richly-varied career than John Zacherle. Recording artist, television star, announcer, disk jockey, emcee, Zacherle has capably filled these roles and several others. Yet it is for one role that Zacherle has attained show business immortality. For baby boomers, he will be remembered as the best of the horror hosts in the form of his creation, Zacherley, the most clever, most original and funniest of a once thriving breed.

Dracula's Greatest Hits

2009-10-23T01:07:00.000-07:00

The coolest Monster Mash-inspired record of the 1960’s was this groovy 1964 concoction by comic Gene Moss and Billy Riley, a swinging round of parody songs that have a wonderfully hip Halloween vibe. With songs like “I Want To Bite Your Neck” and “King Kong Stomp” you know this one is a gasser! Especially with the awesome back and cover art by the late great Jack Davis.

Buckethead - Mad Monster Party

2009-10-22T03:18:00.001-07:00

01 Frankenseuss Laboratories
02 Peppers Ghost
03 Gory Head Stump 2006 The Pageant
04 Ghost
05 Flesh for the Beast
06 Mad Monster Party
07 The Funeral
08 Ice Pick through Eyes
09 Night of the Slunk
10 Traveling Morgue
11 Slaughter Zone - The Haunted Farm
12 The Hand
13 Witches On The Heath
14 Angel Monster
15 Headstone
16 Spider Crawl
17 Buried Alive
18 Isle Of Dead
19 Frozen Brains Tell No Tales
20 The Spider's Web
21 The Corpse Plower

Happy Halloween!!!

Vampyros Lesbos Sexadelic Dance Party

2009-09-26T17:13:00.000-07:00

Vampyros Lesbos is a 1971 film directed by Jesus Franco. It's an erotic horror tale inspired by Bram Stoker's novel Dracula. The main character, Linda Westinghouse (played by Ewa Strömberg), is a young lawyer who travels on a job assignment to an island where she meets the mysterious young and beautiful countess Carody (Soledad Miranda).
The film is considered by many to be one of Franco's best and a cult classic of European Exploitation film. Its score, composed by Manfred Hübler and Siegfried Schwab also gained a cult following when it was rereleased.
German composers Manfred Hubler and Siegfried Schwab (recording as Vampires' Sound Incorporation) created music sufficiently groovy and go-go to accompany Franco's freaked-out vision. Their crazy sounds are a speed-hopped swinger's bash of blaring trumpet, booming trombone, slinky organ, and spacy sitar, with a beefy foundation of mod guitar, bass, and drums. Eccentrically titled instrumentals like "The Lions and the Cucumber," "Droge CX 9," and "The Six Wisdoms of Aspasia" manage to be psychedelic in the way of both the Doors' haunting rock and the Fifth Dimension's up-up-and-away pop. Music ripe for revival, Sexadelic Dance Party falls somewhere between the glorious lounge orchestrations of Esquivel and the cheap Casio-funk porn music championed by bands like the Beastie Boys. It's just one more nugget mined from the overflowing heaps of past decades' trash culture.

Vampyros Lesbos Sexadelic Dance Party
1. Droge CX 9
2. Lions and the Cucumber
3. There's No Satisfaction
4. Dedicated to Love
5. People's Playground [Version A]
6. We Don't Care
7. People's Playground [Version B]
8. Ballad of a Fair Singer
9. Necronomania
10. Kamasutra
11. Message
12. Shindai Lovers
13. Six Wisdoms of Aspasia
14. Countdown to Nowhere

Songs The Cramps Taught Us - Volume 3'

2009-09-25T01:25:00.000-07:00

Songs The Cramps Taught Us - Volume 3'.
Nat Couty - Woodpecker Rock
Macy Skipper - Bop Pills
The Blues Rockers - Calling All Cows
Mac Rebennack - Storm Warning
Larry Phillipson - Bitter Feelings
Terry Dunavan - Earthquake Boogie
The Sonics - He's Waiting
The Fanatics - I Will Not Be Lonely
The Instrumentals - Chop Suey Rock
Dell Raney - Can Your Hossie Do The Dog
The Shades - Strollin' After Dark
Jackie Lee Cochran - Georgia Lee Brown
Lonnie Allen - You'll Never Change Me
Jerry Warren - Rompin'
Kai-Ray - I Want Some Of That
Junior Thompson - How Come You Do Me?
The Rhythm Rockers - Madness
Warren Smith - Uranium Rock
Kit & The Outlaws - Don't Tread On Me
The Flower Children - Miniskirt Blues
The Standells - Sometimes Good Guys Don't Wear White
Dave Day - Blue Moon Baby
Shorty Long - Devil With The Blue Dress On
Ronnie Dawson - Rockin' Bones
Mel Robbins - Save It
Jimmy Lloyd - I Got A Rocket In My Pocket
Charlie Feathers - One Hand Loose
The Fendermen - Mule Skinner Blues
Paul Revere & The Raiders - Hungry
The Embers - I Walked All Night
The Bostweeds - Faster Pussycat Kill Kill

Songs The Cramps Taught Us - Vol. 2

2009-09-25T01:23:00.000-07:00

Songs The Cramps Taught Us - Vol. 2
1.Hasil Adkins-She Said
2.Buddy Love-Heartbreak Hotel
3.Dean Carter-Jailhouse Rock
4.Fender Four-Margaya
5.Johnny Burnett-Tear It Up
6.Lightnin Slim-I'ts Mighty Crazy
7.Glen Glenn-Everybody's Movin
8.Carl Perkins-Her Love Rubbed Off
9.Slim Harpo-Strange Love
10.Charlie Feathers-It's Just That Song
11.Green Fuz-Green Fuz
12.Bill Allen-Please Give Me Something
13.Captain Beefheart-Hard Working Man
14.J.J.Jackson & Jackaels-Oo-Ma-Liddi
15.3 Aces & A Joker-Booze Party
16.Spark Plugs-Chicken
17.Jimmy Stewart-Rock On The Moon
18.Sonny Burgess-Red Headed Woman
19.Kip Tyler & Flips-Jungle Hop
20.Don & Galaxies-Sundown
21.Roy Orbison-Domino
22.Readymen-Shortnin Bread
23.Novas-The Crusher
24.Tune Rockers-Green Mosquito
25.Jesters-Peter Gunn
26.Count Five-Psychotic Reaction
27.Flames-The Bird
28.Red Crayola-Hurricane Fighter Plane
29.Kasenatz Katz Circus-Quick Joey Small
30.Rick Nelson-Lonesome Town
31.Huntsmen-Fever
32.Jim Lowe-Green Door

Songs The Cramps Taught Us - Vol. 1

2009-09-25T01:13:00.000-07:00

Songs The Cramps Taught Us - Vol. 1
1.Sparkles-Hipsville 29 B.C.
2.Dwight Pullen-Sunglasses After Dark
3.Link Wray-Fatback
4.Sherrif & Ravels-Shombolar
5.Riptides-Machine Gun
6.Bo Diddley-Dancing Girl
7.Trashmen-Surfin Bird
8.Walter Brown-Jelly Roll Rock
9.Sonics-Strychnine
10.Rumblers-Boss
11.Third Bardo-Five Years Ahead Of My Time
12.Busters-Bust Out
13.The Phantom-Love Me
14.Jett Powers-Go Girl Go
15.Ronnie Cook & Gaylads-Goo Goo Muck
16.Runabouts-Strangeness In Me
17.Groupies-Primitive
18.Frantics-Werewolf
19.Elroy Dietzel-Rockin Bones
20.Dale Hawkins-Tornado
21.Shells-Whiplash
22.Keith Courvale-Trapped Love
23.Freddie & Hitchikers-Sinners
24.Charlie Feathers-Can't Hardly Stand It
25.Andy Starr-Give Me A Woman
26.R.Lewis Band-Get Off The Road
27.Hayden Thompson-Blues Blues Blues
28.Lee Dresser & Krazy Kats-Beat Out My Love
29.Andre Williams-Bacon Fat
30.Jack Scott-The Way I Walk
31.Elvis Presley-Do The Clam

Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In - TV Show Soundtrack

2009-09-19T02:04:00.000-07:00

1. Cuckoo Laugh-In World
2. Monologue and Cocktail Party
3. New Talent
4. Personality of the Week
5. News Past, Present, and Future
6. Etcetera
7. Halftime
8. Here Come da Judge
9. Cocktail Party
10. Sock It to Me
11. Mod Mod World
12. Cuckoos
13. Goodnight Dick

Del Close - The Do It Yourself Psychoanalysis Kit

2009-09-19T01:57:00.001-07:00

Del Close (March 9, 1934 – March 4, 1999), was born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas, the son of an inattentive, alcoholic father. He ran away from home at the age of 17 to work on a traveling side show, but returned to attend college at Kansas State. At the age of 23, he became a member of the Compass Players in St. Louis. When most of the cast moved to Chicago in 1959 to help form The Second City, Close instead moved to New York City to perform stand-up comedy, where he also performed in the Broadway musical revue "The Nervous Set" in 1959.

Around this time, Close also worked with John Brent to record the classic beatnik satire album How to Speak Hip. The album became a prized record for DJs worldwide, and was one of Brian Wilson’s favorite comedy albums.[citation needed]

In 1960, Close moved to Chicago – which was to be his home base for much of the rest of his life – to perform and direct with Second City. Close was fired from Second City due to his substance abuse and spent the latter half of the 1960s in San Francisco, where he was the House Director of The Committee theater, toured with the Merry Pranksters, and made light images for Grateful Dead shows.

After returning to Chicago in the early 1970s, Close was hired again to direct at Second City. He also performed and directed the Second City show in Toronto in 1977. Over the next decade he helped develop many of today’s leading comedians. Acolytes of Del Close have gained prominence in the field of comedy with astounding frequency. At any given time, roughly a quarter of Saturday Night Live’s cast has been composed of his former trainees.

Close spent the early 1980s in New York, as "House Metaphysician" at Saturday Night Live, coaching the cast in the wake of Producer Lorne Michaels' departure. He spent the mid-to-late 80's and 1990s teaching improv, collaborating with Charna Halpern in Yes And Productions and Improv Olympic, while slowly succumbing to emphysema. But he remained active, consumed pot brownies, and used various tobacco supplements. During this period, Close acted in several movies, including The Untouchables and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, where he played an English teacher. He also co-authored the graphic horror anthology Wasteland for DC Comics with John Ostrander, as well as co-wrote several installments of Grimjack's backup feature Munden's Bar. Finally, along with Charna Halpern he co-founded the ImprovOlympic Theater.

Legend has it that Close's last words were, "I’m tired of being the funniest person in the room." Before passing away, Close requested that his skull be given to the Goodman Theatre for use in Hamlet productions, on the condition that he should receive credit in the program as Yorick. However, in 2006 it was revealed that an alternate skull was given to the Goodman instead.[2] In honor of Del after his death, his former students the Upright Citizens Brigade created The Del Close Marathon.

Del's voice can be heard narrating in the Upright Citizens Brigade TV show opening credits.

How to Speak Hip - Del Close and John Brent (1959)

2009-09-17T02:57:00.000-07:00

How to Speak Hip was a comedy album by Del Close and John Brent, released by Mercury Records in 1959. The album presents itself as a didactic tool to be used by the listener to learn the secret language of the 'hipster'. As a parody of language-learning tools, the album presents a course in 'hip'. Basic concepts such as "cool" and "uncool" are taught, as well as vocabulary building ("dig", "dig it", "dig yourself, baby", "dig the chick", "dig the cat", "What a drag!"). Social notes are presented as for many language courses, and later in the album, the teacher (Brent) is taken on field trips into the secret life of the hipster (Del Close). However, the hipster rebels against participating in the teaching tool, leading to a humorously compromised teaching style.

The album itself was illustrated throughout. The woodcuts used as illustrations on the LP were stolen from Del's Chicago apartment in the 1980s.

Brian Wilson can be heard fondly mentioning this album in the box set The Pet Sounds Sessions during the highlights of the recording sessions of the album Pet Sounds; a full working title for the album's track "Let's Go Away For Awhile" was "Let's Go Away For Awhile (And Then We'll Have World Peace)," the parenthetical being an allusion to the album.

Michael O'Brien and John Elk's 45 rpm EP 'How To Speak Modern' (Gamera Records, 1980)

2009-09-17T02:48:00.000-07:00

In 1980, a small independent San Francisco record label released a 7-inch EP inspired by the album -'How To Speak Hip' - An 'update' called 'How To Speak Modern'.

It attempted to capture (in just under twelve minutes) some of the same flavor of its predecessor with the lingo and habits of a new generation.

Ken Nordine - Word Jazz

2009-09-15T02:24:00.000-07:00

Ken Nordine (born April 13, 1920) is an American voiceover and recording artist best known for his series of Word Jazz albums. His deep, resonant voice has also been featured in many commercial advertisements and movie trailers. One critic wrote that "you may not know Ken Nordine by name or face, but you'll almost certainly recognize his voice."

The son of an architect, Ken Nordine was born in Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago he attended Lane Technical College Prep High School and the University of Chicago. He has three sons with his wife Beryl whom he married in 1945. During the 1940s, he was heard on The World's Great Novels and other radio programs broadcast from Chicago.

He attracted much wider attention when he recorded the aural vignettes on Word Jazz (Dot, 1957). Word Jazz, Son of Word Jazz (Dot, 1958) and his other albums in this vein feature Nordine's narration over cool jazz by the Chico Hamilton jazz group, recording under the alias of Fred Katz, who was then the cellist with Hamilton's quintet.

Nordine began performing and recording such albums at the peak of the beat era and was associated with the poetry-and-jazz movement. However, some of Nordine's "writings are more akin to Franz Kafka or Edgar Allan Poe" than to the beats. Many of his word jazz tracks feature critiques of societal norms. Some are lightweight and humorous, while others reveal dark, paranoid undercurrents and bizarre, dream-like scenarios.

RIPLEY'S ONE MINUTE MYSTERIES

2009-09-15T02:11:00.000-07:00

Robert Ripley scoured the world in search of the strange, the miraculous and the unbelievable -but all were documented fact. He didn't have to scam the public by making the stuff up like today's ridiculous Tabloidshe was lucky enough to begin his search when the world still had distant corners with less-changed places. Truth is stranger than fiction - and Robert Ripley searched the world over for the oddest events, the strangest characters the most unbelievable oddities. But they are all true! Believe It Or Not!

Few kids growing up in the last half century did not fall under the spell of Ripley especially after the paperback book revolution put the many reprints of the original newspaper Believe it or Nots back in bookstores for well under a dollar!

Ripley began his careen as a sports cartoonist on the New York Globe, and drew the panels that are so distinctively a part of the Believe It or Not phenomena. During his career searching out this stuff, he visited 198 countries, traveling a distance equal to 18 complete trips around the world! Talk about sore feet!

The show sounds like Bill Stern delivering these radio Ripley's One Minute Shorts, with two stories per short show. They are without commercials, allowing the local station to sell the spots.

Collected for the amazement of succeeding generations, these flashes of the world's wonder are still amazing. Ripley's One Minute Shorts are actually 50 seconds. Believe It Or Not!

For other seemingly unbelievable facts, see also: Passing Parade and Strange As It Seems. For other short stories, see also Strange Adventure, Incredible But True, Five Minute Mysteries and Ellery Queen Minute Mysteries.

The Cool Scene - Twelve New Ways To Fly (1959)

2009-09-08T03:27:00.000-07:00

The Cool Scene - Twelve New Ways To Fly
Warner Brothers
WB1328
Stereo
Vinyl
1959

Side A
01 - Dues Blues - Trombones Inc.
02 - I Love Paris - The Modern Touch Of Marty Paich
03 - The D.A.'s Man - Frank Comstock And His Orchestra
04 - Deserted Harem - The Big Sound Of Don Ralke
05 - It's A Lonesome Old Town - The Smart Set With Orchestra
06 - Improvisation - Robert Prince And His Orchestra

Side B
07 - Manteca - Marty Wilson & His Orchestra
08 - Invitation - Guitars Inc.
09 - The Stu Bailey Blues - Warren Barker & The Warner Bros Instrumental All Stars
10 - Come Rain Or Come Shine - The Signatures
11 - Pottsville,u - Chico Hamilton Quintet
12 - It's Alright With Me - Trombones Inc.

Van Dyke Parks - Song Cycle (1968)

2009-09-07T00:36:00.000-07:00

Song Cycle is a 1968 album by Van Dyke Parks, known for its high ambition, gigantic budget for the era (it is still one of the most expensive albums ever made allowing for inflation), and subsequent low sales. The title is a reference to the genre of the Song Cycle.

The album's material explores unconventional song structures, and reflects a diverse range of Americana influences. The subjects of many songs, on the other hand, are Southern California locales, including Laurel Canyon Boulevard, Vine Street and Palm Desert.

The album was backed by producer Lenny Waronker, who placed Parks' musical freedom over budgetary constraints. The album made early use of eight track recording.

In response to the poor sales of the record after its release (despite some rave critical reviews), Warner Bros. Records ran full page newspaper and magazine advertisements that said they "lost $35,509 on 'the album of the year' (damnit)." The ad said that those who actually purchased the album had likely worn their copies out by playing it over and over, and suggested that listeners send in worn out copies to Warner Bros. in return for two new copies, including one "to educate a friend with."

Many musicians cite the album as an influence, including producer and songwriter Jim O'Rourke. O'Rourke worked with Parks and harpist Joanna Newsom on Newsom's record Ys. Joanna Newsom sought out the partnership with Van Dyke Parks after listening to Song Cycle.

Track listing

* All tracks composed by Van Dyke Parks, except where indicated

1. "Vine Street" (Randy Newman) – 3:40
2. "Palm Desert" – 3:07
3. "Widow's Walk" – 3:13
4. "Laurel Canyon Blvd" – 0:28
5. "The All Golden" – 3:46
6. "Van Dyke Parks" (public domain) – 0:57
7. "Public Domain" – 2:34
8. "Donovan's Colours" (Donovan Leitch) – 3:38
9. "The Attic" – 2:56
10. "Laurel Canyon Blvd" – 1:19
11. "By the People" – 5:53
12. "Pot Pourri" – 1:08

Note: the song "Van Dyke Parks" above (credited as 'public domain') is actually an interpretation of "Nearer, My God, to Thee", traditionally assumed to have been the last song played by the band on the deck of the Titanic, dubbed over battlefield recordings of Vietnam.

'Wavy Gravy' For Adult Enthusiasts... Various Weird Recordings From The 50's & 60's

2009-09-06T04:52:00.001-07:00

For many years there have been these bootleg compilations doing the rounds, generally referred to as Wavy Gravy 1 and 2. It seems that they were cobbled together from three obscure and long out-of-print albums (apparently) compiled by a 60s DJ called Wavy Gravy. The sound quality on the bootlegs was pretty lousy, obviously having been transferred from tape or vinyl (probably tape) and no one knew most of the track titles, whether all the songs were included, or even if they were in the correct order. But now, finally, one of the original source albums has been released on CD, with remastered, listed tracks.

The album itself contains a mixture of genres. There are weird country songs about serial killers, failed novelty songs, dance crazes that didn't catch on (and possibly weren't meant to), dire comedy records, and other assorted novelties. I assume all the songs come from the 60s. Thrown into the mix are some of the finest exploitation-movie radio trailers ever recorded. If there's an overarching theme, it's horror - the cover should give you some idea, showing an absurd monster of some description. This is about cheap, hilarious horror films; wrong sex; and music that probably shouldn't have happened at all. It's so much better than the sum of its parts. This isn't *just* about music so bad it's funny, or so jaw-droppingly weird you can't believe it exists. This is a *lot* of fun to listen to, and is guaranteed to be a big hit at parties...

El Topo Soundtrack

2009-09-05T03:57:00.000-07:00

This is the absolutely terrific soundtrack to Alejandro Jodorowsky's extreme, surreal and hypnotic western, El Topo (AKA The Mole or The Gopher).

The music, composed by Jodorowsky, is in a variety of styles; laid back, wild and psychedelic and straight-up funky. The tracks The Desert is a Circle and Flute in a Quarry are nice and long killer jazz-funk numbers.

The Doors - Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine (1972)

2009-09-03T00:50:00.000-07:00

Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine was The Doors' second compilation album (following 13), released in 1972. The album's title is a lyric from the song "The End." The album, like 13 and the 1973 The Best of the Doors, has not been released on compact disc. All of them were certified Gold or Platinum by the RIAA.

Two of the songs on the compilation, "Who Scared You" and "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further," were originally released as B-sides to 1969's "Wishful Sinful" and 1971's "Love Her Madly", respectively. This was the only official album release of the songs until "Who Scared You" appeared in the 1997 Box Set and "(You Need Meat) Don't Go No Further" appeared in the 2006 Perception box set. The only non-album track to remain unreleased on any album is the song "Tree Trunk", which was released as a B-side to "Get Up and Dance" in 1972.

The version of "Who Scared You" that was released on the Doors' Box Set is a shorter edit; part of the last verse is omitted. The full length song was released in 1999 on Essential Rarities, and later on the 2006 remastered release of The Soft Parade as a bonus track.

Raymond Scott - MANHATTAN RESEARCH INC.-

2009-09-03T00:46:00.001-07:00

- --- Prepare yourself. This collection of Raymond Scott's electronic music is your ticket to uncharted realms. These 1953-'69 recordings were performed by Raymond Scott on pioneering music machines designed and built by Scott, such as the Clavivox, Electronium, Circle Machine, and Bandito the Bongo Artist. Also included are soundtracks of Scott's maverick (and decidedly 'non-kiddie') film collaborations with pre-Muppet era Jim Henson. A 144-page hardcover book features interviews with Scott colleagues, including synthesizer innovator, Bob Moog. The full-color book also contains countless unseen photographs, lab notes, schematics, and US patents. Over 2 hours of music... (Note: This is NOT a reissue; all music is previously unreleased.)

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band - The Grow Fins Box Set

2009-08-23T02:50:00.002-07:00

Grow Fins is an impeccably assembled, lavishly produced, epic fanboy love poem to one of popular music's least popular and most influential geniuses, Don Van Vliet, a.k.a. Captain Beefheart. Packaged in a hardcover accordion folio that recalls the 78-rpm era, five CDs of demos, acetates, concert recordings, video footage, and radio broadcasts are packaged alongside 112 densely annotated, highly illuminating pages of previously unpublished text and photos that leap from trainspotting minutiae to insider revelation. The sound has been cleaned up considerably, but the set is essentially the world's coolest bootleg. The upshot is that if you love Beefheart's music, you're likely to have already one-clicked it, but if you are looking for an introduction to his idiosyncratic and totally addictive music, you should hear Trout Mask Replica, Lick My Decals Off, Baby, and Safe as Milk first. This set traces the various permutations and exhilarating development of the Magic Band, from bluesy garage punks to otherworldly, thoroughly orchestrated avant-Delta/skronk/rock avatars of the Trout Mask sessions to the rejuvenated new-wave-era group. Insights into the Magic Band's working method abound, notably with the earliest recordings of Trout, in which they're rougher sounding and mostly instrumental, although their exacting precision disproves the legend that the music was banged out in a free-form free-for-all; clearly, it was a laborious effort. The video footage from Cannes Beach, France, in 1968 and the Detroit "Tubeworks" show in 1971 is priceless. The radio appearances on disc 5 are also thrilling; Beefheart plays solo harp and sings relaxed, spine-tingling a cappella songs. After beginning John Lee Hooker's "Black Snake Moan," which shows off Beefheart's infamous, multi-octave range, he stops in the middle, informing a Boston radio host, "I just can't get it through this microphone--it's too little."

Vivian Stanshall - Sir Henry at Rawlinson End

2009-08-19T06:11:00.000-07:00

Sir Henry at Rawlinson End is a largely-spoken word, solo comedy recording by Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band member Vivian Stanshall. It had its origin in Vivian Stanshall's recordings for the John Peel Show on BBC Radio One in the mid 1970s, and a track on the Bonzo's 1972 album Let's Make Up and Be Friendly (United Artists UAS29288/Sunset SLS50418) by Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall (which was also previewed on Peel's show in 1971, with Innes & Stanshall appearing under the name Freaks).

Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse [Bonus Tracks]

2009-08-18T01:21:00.000-07:00

The Doughnut in Granny's Greenhouse is the second album by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band. By this time the band had changed their name to "The Bonzo Dog Band", dropping out the "Doo-Dah". The American version of this album was retitled Urban Spaceman and added their U.K. hit single "I'm the Urban Spaceman". The phrase "the doughnut in granny's greenhouse" is British slang for lavatory.

In 2007 the U.K. version was re-issued by EMI on CD with 5 bonus tracks.

Psychedelic Promos & Radio Spots Vol. 8

2009-08-12T05:12:00.000-07:00

01. '21 Sounds For The Sunset' LP Ad
02. Frank Zappa - Hagstrom Guitar Ad
03. NBC News (Woodstock Story)
04. 'Dragnet' Anti LSD PSA
05. 4-H Club Ad
06. Trips Festival Promo
07. 'Barbarella' Movie Ad
08. Warner Brothers Records Ad (It's The Plastic)
09. Honer Harmonica Ad
10. Traffic - 'Traffic' LP Ad
11. John Raven Kraft - KOMA English Scene Promo
12. National Institute Of Mental Health Anti Drug PSA
13. Jeff Beck, Moody Blues & Ten Years After Concert Promo
14. Jack In The Box Restaurant Ad
15. Fresca Ad
16. Blues Magoos Concert Promo
17. Colours - 'Love Heals + Bad Day At Black Rock, Baby' Single Ad
18. Illinois Emergency Action Notification System Test
19. Panasonic Car And Home Stereo Ad
20. Love Concert Promo
21. 'The Good, The Bad And The Ugly' Movie Ad
22. Eye Magazine Ad
23. U.S. Marines Ad (Beat The Draft)
24. 'A Clockwork Orange' Movie Ad
25. Gretch Guitar Contest Promo
26. Frank Zappa - 'Secret Ceremony' Movie Ad
27. Iron Butterfly - 'Heavy' LP Ad
28. Muntz Cartridge City Music Store Ad
29. 'Reflections In A Golden Eye' Movie Ad
30. Steppenwolf - 'Monster' LP Ad
31. The Byrds Rose Palace Concert Promo
32. Sharon Tate - Coppertone 'Don't Make Waves' Movie Promo
33. KBLA News (Governor Ronald Regan Story)
34. Neil Diamond - Buick Automobile Ad
35. 'Stamping Ground' Movie Ad
36. Rotary Connection - 'Rotary Connection' LP Ad
37. The Listening Post Club Promo
38. The Rolling Stones Cow Palace Concert Promo
39. Jethro Tull - 'This Was' LP Ad
40. 7-Up Ad (Sitar)
41. All Star Cheetah Club L.A. Free Clinic Benefit Concert Promo
42. Atlantic City Pop Festival Concert Promo
43. B. Mitchel Reed - Edgar Allan Poe Electric Memorial Concert Ad (Day Of)
44. B. Mitchel Reed - The Beverly Hills Hippie Invasion
45. Buffalo Springfield Rainbow, Fresno Concert Promo
46. Frank Zappa - Sounds Incredible Music Store Ad
47. 'Free University' TV Show Ad
48. The Ventures - Hawaii Five-O LP Ad
49. 'The Thomas Crown Affair' Movie Ad
50. The Ohio Express Concert Promo
51. H.I.S. Clothing Store Ad (Fits The Shape You're In)
52. 'The Jokers' Movie Ad
53. The Fraternity Of Man - 'The Fraternity Of Man' LP Ad
54. Frank Zappa - Sprit Concert Promo
55. Colosseum - 'Those Who Are About to Die Salute You' LP Ad
56. 'Teenage Mother' Movie Ad
57. Dragonfly - 'Dragonfly' LP Ad
58. Go Magazine Ad
59. Janis Joplin Veterans Auditorium Concert Promo
60. 'Musical Mutiny' Movie Ad
61. NYC National Customer Auto Show Promo
62. Peanut Butter Conspiracy Concert Promo
63. Procol Harum - 'Shine On Brightly' LP Ad
64. Russ Sportswear Clothing Ad
65. Spirit Concert Promo
66. Steppenwolf - 'At Your Birthday Party' LP Ad
67. The Leaves Hullabaloo Concert Promo
68. Frank Zappa - St. Vitus Dance Concert Promo
69. 'The Producers' Motion Picture Soundtrack Ad
70. 'The Damned' Movie Ad
71. Nirvana - 'The Story Of Simon Simopath' LP Ad
72. Mountaindale Festival Concert Promo
73. Jean Town USA Clothing Store Ad

Psychedelic Promos & Radio Spots Vol. 7

2009-08-12T05:11:00.000-07:00

01. BIG TNT Show – Promo Spot
02. In-Sound – Harry Harrison Promo Spot
03. Turtles – 'Turtle Soup' LP Promo Spot
04. 'The Wild Angels' – Movie Promo Spot # 3
05. Cliff Lipsom (Hair Musical performer) - Therablem Zit Cream Spot
06. Three’s A Crowd – LP Spot # 1
07. Creedence / Grass Roots - Long Beach Arena Concert Promo
08. Three Dog Night – 'It Ain’t Easy' – LP Promo
09. Jim Madison – WRCG, Washington D.C. - Request-O-Matic -Troggs
10. Troggs – Miller Beer Spot # 1 (Special Place)
11. Flying Nun – TV Show Promo Spot
12. Donovan – Live In Concert At The Bushnell, Hartford, CT.
13. Beach Boys – 'Sunflower' – LP Promo Spot
14. Color Foam, By DuBerry – “Color Foam Party”
15. Hondells – Honda Holiday (Joey Reynolds – Detroit Version)
16. Monterey Pop – Plug For The Who – KRLA Los Angeles
17. Fifth Dimension - Come Alive Show Promo (Scout Circuit ’67, Milwaukee WI)
18. 1966 School Hockey Tournament & Dance Spot – Twin Cities, MN
19. Surrey Clothes Shops – College ’66 - KQV, Hall Murray, Pittsburgh, PA
20. Monkees – TV Promo Spot # 1
21. James Brown – Dept. Of Labor Spot
22. Monkees – '33 1/3 Revolutions' Promo
23. Trini Lopez – Fresca “Blizzard” (Full Song)
24. Beatles – KLIF Dallas – Concert Promo
25. Catalinas – Coco-Cherry Mash (Full Song)
26. Monterey Pop Promo – KRLA Los Angeles, # 2
27. Donna Loren (& Dick Clark) Dr. Pepper Spot
28. Three’s A Crowd – Promo Spot # 2
29. Ban Deodorant – Unknown Band (Skydiving)
30. Box Tops – Coke Spot # 2
31. Lively Set – Coffee Promo
32. Joni Mitchell – 'Ladies Of The Canyon' LP Promo
33. Frank Zappa – Remington Electric Razors (Upgrade)
34. Fifth Street Exit - 7-Up, The Uncola (Full Song)
35. Big Jack TV Show Promo – Buckinghams Selective Seven, Critters (NYC)
36. Mod Squad - TV Promo Spot # 1
37. Bee Gees – Concert Spot – Anaheim Convention Center (1/68)
38. Yardbirds – Concert Promo - Catalina Island Spot # 2
39. Monkees – Kool-Aid Spot # 1
40. Beach Boys – Concert Promo (Al Jardine)
41. Paul Seargant – Nehru Jackets Spot
42. Troggs – Miller Beer Spot # 2 (Summer Time)
43. The In-Sound – Interview With The Chicago Loop # 1
44. 'The Wild Angels' – Movie Promo Spot # 4
45. Ban Deodorant – Unknown Band
46. Chambers Brothers - The Time Has Come – LP Promo Spot
47. Hendrix / Creedence Newport ’69 – Northridge, CA Concert Promo
48. Mamas & Papas – 'Anthology' LP Promo Spot
49. The In-Sound – Interview With The Chicago Loop # 2
50. Sunrays – Kentucky Fried Chicken Spot
51. Seekers – 'Georgie Girl' LP At The Broadway
52. Beatles – KLIF, Dallas - Beatles Kit Contest
53. Stone Ponys – Pepsi Spot
54. Beach Boys – Dance Dance Dance - Promo Spot (Brian)
55. Troggs – Miller Beer Spot # 3 (Invitation)
56. Monkees – Head Promo Spot # 2
57. Beatles – KLIF Dallas – Honer Harmonica Contest
58. Beach Boys – Concert Promo – (Dennis)
59. In-Sound – Interview With Mitch Ryder
60. Square World Of Ed Butler – Boyce & Hart - TV Show Promo Spot
61. Lulu – Gentle Care Hair Spot
62. Mod Squad – TV Promo Spot # 2
63. Aorta & Cryan’ Shames Ensemble – Navy Promo Spot
64. Four Seasons – Beachnut Gum Spot
65. Monkees – TV Promo Spot # 2
67. Box Tops – Coke Spot # 3
68. Fantastic Dee Jays – T&C Lancers Shoes (Full Song)
69. William Penn & His Pals – PSA Airlines Spot
70. In-Sound – Interview With Brian Jones
71. Sting-Rays – Life Savers Sours (Full Song)
72. Monkees – TV Promo Spot # 3
73. Kingsmen – Do The Krunch (Full Song)
74. Harlequin Vipers – Heston Stadium, Arkansas Concert Promo
75. Four Seasons – Joey Reynolds Theme Song (Detroit)
76. Menster & Phipps – Great Shakes Spot
77. Lovin’ SpoonFul / Turtles / Sopwith Camel - WFGN – City Auditorium Concert Promo – Birmingham, AL
78. KLIF – Klassic Album - Promo Spot
79. Monkees – Kool-Aid Spot # 2
80. Paul Is Dead – Big Curl Radio
81. Turtles – Pepsi Spot
82. Glass Family – David’s Rap – House Of Glass Promotional 45

Psychedelic Promos & Radio Spots Vol. 6

2009-08-12T05:09:00.000-07:00

01. Doors, Steppenwolf, Chambers Bros – Hollywood Bowl Concert Spot
02. 'The Wild Angels' – Movie Promo Spot # 1
03. Small Faces – 'There Are But Four Small Faces' – LP Promo Spot
04. Tommy James & Shondells – Real Girl Make-Up Spot – 12/7/67
05. Grateful Dead – Pot Bust News Snippet – KFWB, Los Angeles – 10/3/67
06. Tom McCan’s Shoes – Wide Trackin’ – Unknown Band – 12/5/67
07. Chat With The Beatles – KNUZ, Houston TX - 6/16/65
08. Champagne Brothers at Teen Hall – Houston TX - 6/16/65
09. Varsity Magazine - Win A Trip To Hollywood Spot - 6/16/65
10. PJ Proby Shindig Spot # 1 – Buddy McGregor, KNUZ, Houston TX - 6/16/65
11. PJ Proby Shindig Spot # 2 – Buddy McGregor, KNUZ, Houston TX - 6/16/65
12. Monkee Tripper Spot # 1 (Davy Jones) – KHJ, Los Angeles – 9/7/66
13. 7-Up Spot – Unknown Band – 6/16/65
14. Garner State Park Concert Spot – Neal Ford & Fanatics etc. - Houston TX - 6/16/65
15. Ralph Harris – McCleans Toothpaste Spot – 6/16/65
16. Go! Show Clothes Offer, Sponsored by Pepsi (Come Alive) 5/4/67
17. MIT Union Ballroom Concert Spot – Mickey They & Them, Psychedelic Sensational, Seven Sounds–WRIT–Milwaukee 5/4/67
18. 'Monterey Pop Festival' - Movie Promo Spot -5/3/69
19. Yellow Payges – “Finger Poppin’ Party” Yellow Pages Promo (Full Song)
20. ABC News Story – Beatniks in Rome – 4/22/66
21. Bobby Shumer – Wild Root 360 – Hair Goo Spot 4/22/66
22. The Triumphs (Featuring B.J. Thomas) - Garner State Park Theme Song – Houston TX – Aired 6/16/65 (Recorded 1964)
23. Beatle Bus Trip to Cleveland – KQV, Pittsburgh, PA – 8/31/66
24. ABC News Story - LSD – 8/31/66
25. Batman Theme – Radio Station Jingle – WRCG, Washington D.C. – 7/10/66
26. Gazzari’s Concert Promo (Dave Diamond’s Diamond Mine) – The Dawn, The Joint Effort, The Coloring Book, The Abstracts – KBLA, Los Angeles – 6/16/67 (Final Diamond Mine Show)
27. Moby Grape – 1st LP Promo Spot – 6/16/67
28. Kennywood Park, Pittsburgh, PA – Beau Brummels Concert Spot – 8/31/66
29. Grateful Dead, Yellow Payges, The Power – Hullabaloo Club Concert Promo Spot - KBLA – 6/16/67
30. Cinnamon Cinder – Club Renaming Contest – KBLA, Los Angeles – 6/16/67 (Dave Diamond)
31. “Cousin of the Monkees Contest” – Marv Brooks, WRCG, Washington D.C. 3/26/67
32. The Animals – Hullabaloo Club Concert Promo - KBLA, Los Angeles – 6/16/67
33. It’s Camp – Club Concert Promo, Featuring The Gross National Product - KBLA, Los Angeles – 6/16/67
34. Brother John - Search It Out – Excerpt From LP
35. Boss City Promo Spot (Sam Riddle) – Cowsills, Sajid Khan, Deacon Jones – KHJ, Los Angeles 5/3/69
36. Carnation Instant Breakfast Spot – “Turned On World” - 5/3/69
37. Local Twin Cities Concert Spot – Randy Cook & The Underbeats, Bobby Wayne & The Corvettes, Don MaKay, Michael’s Mystics – KDWB – Jimmy O’Neil – Minneapolis/St. Paul - 2/28/66
38. Gallencamps Shoes Spot – “Groovy Name Game” – 12/5/67
39. 'The Wild Angels' – Movie Promo Spot # 2
40. Frank Zappa – 'Freak Out' & 'Absolutely Free' LP Promo Spots – 12/5/67
41. KRLA Concert – Seeds, Lollipop Shoppe, Band Without A Name – Pasadena Civic Auditorium 12/5/67
42. Eager Beavers – Hamms Beer Spot - 6/16/67
43. KRLA News – Cancelled Hippie Love-In at the Grand Canyon - 6/16/67
44. Monterey Pop – Concert Promo Spot – KRLA, Los Angeles - 6/16/67
45. 'Guide For The Married Man' – Movie Promo Spot (Featuring The Turtles) - 6/16/67
46. Honda – “What’s Happening Now” Spot - 6/16/67
47. Dave Diamond – Poetry From The Diamond Mine – KBLA Los Angeles 6/16/67
48. KRLA News – Various Drug Related Stories - KRLA Los Angeles -6/16/67
49. Tom MaCan’s Monkee Boots – Spot # 1 – 2/27/67
50. Pepsi Spot – Unknown Band (Features Real Don Steele Plug For “Page Five” Band Featured On Boss City KHJ TV Show)
51. Gene Weed & Wink Martindale Talk About The Electric Prunes – KFWB, Los Angeles, 2/18/67
52. Hour Glass & The Diggers Inc. – Concert Promo Spot – The Test Club, Pomona, CA (Dave Diamond KFWB, LA – 6/27/67)
53. KFWB News Story – Hippie Mother Kills Her Baby On LSD - KFWB, LA – 6/27/67
54. Chappaqua – Movie Promo Spot (Fugs & Ravi Shankar) – KRLA, Los Angeles – Casey Kasem – 1/26/68
55. Cheetah Club Concert Promo – Byrds, Turtles, Lewis & Clarke Expedition, KRLA, Los Angeles – Casey Kasem – 1/26/68
56. How I Won The War – Movie Promo Spot - 1/26/68
57. Standells – Concert Promo - Pace-Setter Club in Ontario, CA & The Pasadena Civic- KRLA, Los Angeles – Casey Kasem – 1/26/68
58. Concert Promo Spot for The 118th Annual Edgar Allen Poe Electric Memorial Concert At The Hullabaloo Club, Featuring Miller Blues Band, Kaleidoscope, West Coast Branch, Taj Majal, Bluesberry Jam KFWB – B. Mitchell Reed – 10/3/67 (Upgrade From Promos Vol. 4)
59. Tom MaCan’s Shoes – The Dutchess (Carnaby Street version) – 9/7/66
60. Concert Promo for Bee Gees, Spanky & Our Gang, Vanilla Fudge – Anaheim Convention Center – 1/26/68
61. The Nice – Third LP Promo Spot
62. Shasta Cola Spot – Unknown Band – 9/7/66
63. Monkee Tripper Spot # 2 (Mike Nesmith) – KHJ, Los Angeles - 9/7/66
64. Raiders - Greatest Hits LP Promo Spot – 5/13/67
65. 'Endless Summer' – Movie Promo Spot – 5/13/67
66. KHJ 20/20 News – Aircraft Worker Crashes Car on LSD 5/13/67
67. Windsong Perfume – Unknown Band – 12/7/67
68. ALSAC Teenagers March Concert – Turtles, Seeds, Stone Ponys, Michael Blodgett – KRLA (Reb Foster) - 12/7/67
69. L.U.V. – Movie Promo Spot - 12/7/67
70. Sears Record Spot – Animals, Standells, Herman’s Hermits Etc. – 9/7/67
71. KRLA News Story – Monterey Pop Festival – 6/16/67
72. Brother John - The Happening – Excerpt From LP
73. Beatles – 'Magical Mystery Tour' / Beach Boys – 'Wild Honey' LP Promo Spots
74. 'Easy Rider' – Movie Promo Spot
75. Johnny Rivers – 'Realizations' – LP Promo Spot
76. The Band – 'Music From Big Pink' / Grateful Dead – 'Anthem Of The Sun' – Tower Records, San Francisco - LP Promo Spots
77. Macy’s - Peter Max Place-Mats & Towels (Meet Peter Max) (1970’s?)
78. 'I Love You Alice B. Toklas' – Movie Promo Spot
79. Tom McCan’s – Monkee Boots – Spot # 2
80. Ban Deodorant Spot – The Repulsives
81. Peanut Butter Conspiracy, Blue Phoenix, Electric Chair – Concert Promo Spot for Pasadena Civic & Pace-Setter Club
82. The Fugs – 'Golden Filth' – LP Promo Spot
83. Jay & The Americans – HIS Slacks Spot

Psychedelic Promos & Radio Spots Vol. 5

2009-08-12T05:07:00.000-07:00

01. Curt Boettcher - Levis Spot # 1
02. Gary Lewis & The Playboys – WQAM Promo 8/66
03. Gary Lewis & The Playboys – Doin’ The Flake – Kellogs Frosted Flakes Promo
04. Frank Zappa - 'Hot Rats' LP Promo
05. Beatles - 'Yellow Submarine' Promo
06. Blue Cheer - 'Vincebus Eruptum' LP Promo
07. Donovan - 'The Pied Piper' Movie Promo
08. Cryan’ Shames – 'Scratch In The Sky' LP Promo
09. Royal Guardsmen - Army Spot
10. Peter & Gordon - McLeans Spot
11. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Coke Spot (Long)
12. Freddie & The Dreamers - 'Seaside Swingers' Movie Promo
13. Grass Roots - Alone Phone # 1
14. Hondells – Honda Spot
15. Slack Shack - Clothing Spot With The Noblemen –North Miami Beach WQAM 8/66
16. The Hallmarks - Soul Shakin' Psychedelic Sally – Voices Of Vista (Full Song)
17. Beau Brummels / Eddie Rambo – Jerry G. & Co. (Local Cleveland TV)
18. The Monkees & Jimi Hendrix - Detroit Concert Promo 1967
19. Selective Service – At Ottos Grotto # 1
20. The Band - 'Stage Fright' LP Promo
21. Rolling Stones - Radio Veronica Promo Spot
22. Dr. T & The Undertakers / Little Bit Of Soul – At Diamond Head
23. Cyrkle - 7-Up Spot
24. The Seekers - Coke Spot 1
25. Siblings – At St. Agnes Teen Review
26. American Breed - Alone Phone - (Complete Song)
27. Van Dyke Parks - Datsun Spot
28. Mitch Ryder & Detroit Wheels - McLeans Spot
29. The Brookside - Concert Promo Featuring The Strangers etc., Syracuse, NY
30. Petula Clark – Plymouth / Chrysler Spot
31. Richard & Young Lions -IN SOUND Interview With Harry Harrison
32. The Barons/Chuck Bates - Gem Terrace Beach Concert Promo Spot
33. Moody Blues Concert Promo- KOL Seattle
34. DC5 – WQAM Station ID
35. King Bees - Teen Dance At American Legion Hall
36. Hals Record Shop - Promo
37. Curt Boettcher - Levis Spot #2
38. Denims - Adler Socks Promo (Part 1) - Full Song
39. Mojo Men Day Spot On WMEX, Boston
40. BLAV Dance Promo With Little Rick & The Del Shades, Syracuse, NY
41. Cryan’ Shames – 'Synthesis' LP Promo (Long)
42. Hullabaloo Concert Promo (2) With The Turtles, Leaves Etc WQAM 8/66
43. Thom MaCann Shoes, “The Dutchess”
44. Monkees - Davy Jones - 'Head' Promo for Japaneese Fan Club
45. Steve Miller Band, Kaliedoscope, Etc - Hullabaloo Concert Promo
46. Pink Floyd - 'Relics' LP Promo
47. Grass Roots - Alone Phone # 2
48. Concert Promo- Moorlocks, Gas Co, Ft. Lauderdale, FL–WQAM 8/66
49. Bobby Fuller Four - KRLA, King Of The Wheels (Full Song)
50. Shangri-Las - Dating Courtesy PSA (Full Version)
51. Jay & Americans - Coke Spot
52. Vanity Faire - Coke Spot
53. Avalon Ballroom – BB&HC, Sir Douglas Quintet, KMPX Promo 1967
54. Lemon Pipers LP Promo
55. Rationals / Blues Project - Jerry G. & Co. (Local Cleveland TV)
56. Love Generation - Hormel Hot Dogs Spot
57. Terry Knight & The Pack / McCoys / GTO’s – At Hippodrome Theater
58. Shanes - Extra Kick - Gulf Oil Promo (Full Song) Sweden
59. Last Words /What’s Not – At Par-T Lounge, Miami, FL
60. Yohn Lennon & Yoko - 'Wedding Album' LP Promo
61. Neon Philharmonic - 45 Spot, 1969
62. Freddie Cannon / Epics / Sensations – At The Torchlight
63. Tom Donahue – KMPX FM 1967 – Town & Country Record Spot
64. Tommy Roe - McLeans Spot
65. SRC Live At The Silverbell, Pontiac MI
66. The Allman Brothers - Concert Promo Spot At The College Discotheque
67. Gary Lewis & Motions – At VIP Show, Euclid Beach 1965
68. Chicago Loop - McLeans Spot
69. The Razors Edge / The Bangles etc. "The World" Club WQAM, Miami
70. Selective Service – At Ottos Grotto # 2
71. Improper Bostonians - WRKO Jingle
72. Tokens - McLeans Spot
73. Mouse & Traps / 1910 Fruitgum / The Hombres / Tiffany Shade – Upbeat Spot

Psychedelic Promos & Radio Spots Vol. 4

2009-08-08T04:16:00.000-07:00

01. Psychedelic Circus Excerpt
02. Monkees - 'Head' Spot # 2
03. Vox Wah-Wah (Short Version)
04. Raiders - Pontiac GTO – The Judge (Full Song)
05. The Spats - Go Go Yamaha Spot
06. Turtles, Leaves, Ides Of March - WQAM, FL The Hullabaloo
07. Janis Joplin Concert - Veterans Memorial Auditorium
08. Revlon Swingstakes - B. Mitchell Reed NY WMCA – Contest on to go to London to see Dave Clark Five
09. Monkees - Kelloggs Spot - Same as TV
10. 1965 Rambler – Unknown
11. Byrds - 'Sweetheart Of The Rodeo' - LP Promo Spot
12. Raiders - 'Alias Pink Puzz' - LP Promo Spot # 2
13. Dantes, Exceptions, Roving Kind - At The Cheetah WCFL Chicago 2/67
14. Gasoline Powered Clock - Zales Jewelry Spot - Forest Fire On Main Street
15. Beach Boys - Murry The K Promo (4)
16. Beach Boys - Murry The K Promo (2)
17. Beach Boys - Murry The K Promo (3)
18. Parkers All City Dance - Canterbury Tales, Emergency Exit
19. Beatles - 'Help' Spot 8
20. Freddy Cannon - Coke Spot
21. Blue Things - Concert Promo KOMA, Lawerance Kansas
22. The Cyrkle - United Way Spot
23. Hondells - Honda Holiday Spot # 1
24. Johnny Holiday - WHK Cleveland - Bocky & Visions
25. Cryan' Shames, The Stonehenge, Toad, Hook – Promo For Chicago Tribune Article on Pop Music (WCFL Chicago 1/28/67
26. Wellingtons 8-Track Sale – Unknown
27. The Flavor - Performing at " The Place" - WFUN (Miami, FL
28. WCFL Top 10 "Capsule Countdown" Chicago, IL 1/28/67
29. Cheetah Magazine Promo 10/2/67 WCFL, Chicago
30. Robbs, Outsiders - Tour Promo Spot WCFL, Chicago 9/9/66
31. J. Jacobs Clothes – Unknown – Seattle Area
31. J. Jacobs Clothes – Unknown – Seattle Area
33. Paul Revere & Raiders - 'Spirit Of '67' LP Promo Spot
34. Neil Diamond - Coke Spot
35. Monkees - Head Spot # 1
36. Liverpool Five, Dynamics, Viceroys - Lakehill Roller Rink Dances (Pacific Northwest)
37. The Cyrkle – Interview Promo Disc
38. Jan & Dean - KFWB Spot
39. KHJ Channel 9 TV- Beatles Special - Sam Riddle
40. Gemini & The Planets - Copa City Promo, Miami, FL
41. Gary Lewis & Playboys, The Mob, The Trolls - Concert Promo Spot WCFL Chicago 9/9/66
42. Seekers - Sears Records Promo Spot
43. WABC New York "The Big Break" Amateur Band Contest
44. Sam The Sham - HIS Slacks Spot
45. 1966 Seattle Battle Of The Bands – Sonics, Don & Goodtimes, Bumps, Live Five Etc.
46. Newbeats - Coke
47. Spider & The Crabs - Concert Promo Spot, Kansas
48. The Cyrkle – Camaro (Full Song)
49. Raiders - 'Alias Pink Puzz' - LP Promo Spot # 1
50. Go-Go Bows by Miles - Unknown
51. Hondells - Pepsi Generation Spot
52. Four Seasons – Brunswick Bowling Spot
53. Tackle After Shave - Unknown
54. Buckinghams - 'In One Ear, Out The Other' - LP Promo
55. Mad Daddy - WHK - Rendezvous Records Spot
56. Stooges - St Louis, American Theater Promo -1970
57. Jan & Dean - Coke Spot
58. Freddie & The Dreamers - Sea Side Swingers Movie Promo Spot
59. 1967 Action New Years Eve Dance – Roller Land in Napa – Epics, Wailin' Powers
60. Raiders - "Swingy Girl" Mattel Doll Promo (Full Song)
61. (Roavin' Red Dogs - Concert Promo KOMA, Lawerance Kansas
62. Fabulous Flippers - Dance Party Promo KOMA, Lawerance Kansas
63. Tremeloes - Coke Spot
64. Grateful Dead - New Riders Concert Promo – Pasadena Civic 9/25/70
65. Richie's Renegades - Come Alive - Pepsi Spot
66. Gass Co & The Effects - M.W. Lads Record Company WFIL Philly Flexi- Disc Promo 45
67. Bob Seger System - Air Force Promo Spot

Psychedelic Promos & Radio Spots Vol. 3

2009-08-08T04:13:00.000-07:00

01. Golliwogs - Concert/Single Promo
02. George Harrison - KHJ 'Yellow Submarine' Promo
03. 'Wild In The Streets' - Movie Promo
04. Monkees - 'Birds, Bee's & Monkees' LP Promo
05. Frank Zappa - Remington Electric Razor
06. The Cowsills - Milk Spot
07. Rolling Stones - Rice Crispies
08. Beatles - 'Help' Promo 1
09. Byrds - 'Notorious Byrd Brothers' LP Promo
10. Bobby Fuller Four - KHJ Big Kahuna Theme
11. Rationals - Turn-On - Danby's Men's Stores
12. Blue Sandalwood Soap - Northwest Orient Airlines
13. Love Generation - Hormel Hot Dogs
14. 'Beyond The Valley Of The Dolls' - Movie Promo
15. The Happenings - Great Shakes
16. Tommy James & The Shondells - 'Travellin'' LP Promo
17. Neil Young - 1st LP Promo
18. American Breed - Alone Phone 1 (NY Telephone)
19. 4 Wheels (Boys Next Door) - Casite Motor Honey
20. Canoise - Concert Promo 1
21. Springfield Rifle - Nordstrom's Spot
22. 'Thunderball' - Movie Promo
23. The Exotics - Mitchell's Department Store
24. Byrds - 'Ballad Of Easy Rider' 1
25. The Who - US Air Force Promo
26. Monkees - Australian Radio Contest
27. Stone Ponies - Pepsi Spot
28. Spencer Davis Group - Great Shakes
29. Laugh-In - Promo on KHJ
30. Doug Brown & The Omens - Youth & Experience - Bob Griffin Campaign Song
31. Canoise - Concert Promo 2
32. Jay & The Americans - HIS Slacks
33. Crestones - Tackle - Skin Crème
34. Neil Young - 'Everyone Knows This Is Nowhere' LP Promo
35. The Who - Coke Spot 2 (Things Go Better)
36. Canned Heat - Levis Spot
37. Four Wheels - College Concert Promo
38. Beatles - 'Help' Promo 2
39. I'm A Groupie - Movie Promo
40. Hub Kapp & The Wheels - Concert Promo
41. Mitch Ryder - Family Spot
42. Mama Cass - KHJ Mama Cass Puppy Festival
43. Harry Nillson - Ban Roll On
44. Monkees - Monkees Present LP Promo
45. Tokens - Great Shakes
46. Byrds - 'Ballad Of Easy Rider' 2
47. Janis Joplin - 'I Got Dem Ol' Cosmic Blues Again' LP Ad
48. Shindig Television Show Ad
49. The Classics IV - 'Song' LP Ad
50. Diet Pepsi 'Girl Watchers' Ad
51. He's Got The Knack - Unknown Gillette Commercial
52. Peter & Gordon - MaCleans Toothpaste
53. Tommy James & The Shondells - HIS Slacks
54. Surf Washing Powder - Promo
55. Tiny Tim - KHJ Concert Interview Promo

Psychedelic Promos & Radio Spots Vol. 1+2

2009-08-07T01:44:00.000-07:00

01. The "In Sound" Featuring The Song "Up There" by The Scoundrels
02. Kim Fowley – 'Outrageous' LP Promo
03. The Galaxy Club, Belvue, WA, Featuring West Coast Natural Gas
04. The "In Sound" With The Blues Magoos
05. Nikita The "K" – Radio Moscow - Blues Magoos Spoof by "The Red Magoos"
06. 'Green Slime' – MGM Movie Promo
07. Chad & Jeremy – 'Of Cabbages & Kings' LP Promo
08. The "In Sound" With Sean Bonniwell
09. Lee Jeans, "Jeans by Lee" – Radio Spot
10. The Who – BBC Radio One Promo
11. The Sex Machine – Club Spot On WHAT Radio Station, Philadelphia, PA
12. The Zombies – 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' – Movie Promo
13. The "In Sound" With The Kitchen Cinq
14. Trident Records Promo, Featuring Mystery Trend, Blackburn & Snow & Sons Of Champlain
15. Kim Fowley – 'Underground Animal' LP Promo
16. Paul Revere & Raiders – SS-396 Car Promo (Full Song)
17. Knickerbockers – Lakeland FL, Concert Promo 1
18. Brawley Male – Radio Spot For Clothing Store
19. Sherbet – Coke Spot (Australian Band)
20. The "In Sound" with The Monkees
21. Velvet Underground – 3rd LP Promo
22. Evergreen Battle Of The Bands – Seattle, WA Concert Promo
23. BOSS KHJ – "Hit Bound" – LA Radio Station Jingle.
24. KHJ – Mustang Promo
25. The Liverpools – Thom McCann’s Shoe Spot
26. Golden Earring – Coke Spot
27. The "In Sound" With Roger McGuinn
28. Cream – Fallstaff Beer Spot (With Announcer)
29. Left Banke – Hertz Rent-A-Car Spot
30. Cheetah Club– Promo for LA Nightclub featuring Hamilton Streetcar & Kitchen Cinq
31. Moby Grape – 'Truly Fine Citizen' LP Promo
32. Dr. West’s Medicine Show & Junk Band – 'Eggplant' LP Promo
33. Velvet Underground – 'White Light, White Heat' LP Promo
34. The "In Sound" With ? And The Mysterians
35. Milton Berle – Yellow Submarine – Promo Single
36. UCNCB – The Utica Club – Promo
37. Rolling Stones – Dallas Concert Promo Sponsored by "Sumpin’ Else" TV Show.
38. The Ventures – 'Underground Fire' LP Promo
39. The Ventures – 'Hawaii Five-O LP' Promo
40. Lefte Banke – Toni Hair Spray Radio Spot
41. The Happening Club – Seattle, WA, Night Club Promo featuring The Sonics & Gass Company
42. The Knickerbockers – Lakeland FL, Concert Promo 2
43. Boyce & Hart – Coke Spot # 2
44. Dave Diamond – Excerpts From "The Diamond Mine" Radio Program On KBLA, Burbank, CA
45. Hullabaloo Club – Promo for LA Night Club
46. The "In Sound" With Every Mother’s Son
47. Booker T. & The MG’s – 'McLemore Avenue' LP Promo
48. B. Mitchell Reed – Leather Ltd. Ad, KMET, LA, CA
49. Tom Donahue – Jeans West Spot, KSAN, SF, CA
50. Leopold Records – X-69 Spot, KSAN, SF, CA

2009-08-07T01:40:00.000-07:00

U-Spaces: Psychedelic Promos & Radio Spots Vol. 1
01. 'Psych-Out' - Movie Promo Spot
02. Fever Tree - Now Sounds Spot For Houston Post
03. Boyce & Hart - Coke Spot # 1
04. The Litter - 7-Up Spot
05. 'The Trip' - Movie Promo Spot
06. Cream - Falstaff Beer Spot
07. Electric Prunes - Vox Wah Wah Spot
08. Six Feet Under - Boogie Man Bash Spot
09. Sopwith Camel - Levis Spot # 1 (Funny Fabric)
10. The Living Eye Club, Houston - Promo
11. Vanilla Fudge - Coke Spot # 1
12. Iron Butterfly - Ban Roll-On Spot
13. 1966 Plymouth Baracuda Spot
14. Jefferson Airplane - Levis Spot # 1 (Grace - White Levis)
15. Moody Blues - Coke Spot # 1
16. Shadows Of Knight - Band Promo Spot (Buy Willie Jean)
17. Paul Revere & Raiders - The Judge, Pontiac GTO Promo
18. The Nazz - Band Promo Spot # 1 (Call Of The Wild Nazz)
19. Easy Beats - Coke Spot # 1
20. Batman Merchandise - J.C. Penny Spot, Dallas Ft. Worth
21. Quicksilver - Chevy Camaro Spot
22. Bee Gees - Coke Spot # 1
23. 'Hell's Angels On Wheels' - Movie Promo Spot
24. Blues Magoos - Great Shakes Spot
25. Left Banke - Coke Spot
26. Charlatan's - 'Alabama Bound' LP Promo (Magician)
27. Jefferson Airplane - Levis Spot # 2 (Spencer-Twig City)
28. Los Bravos - Coke Spot
29. Paul Revere & Raiders - Revolution LP Promo
30. Troggs - Coke Spot
31. Sopwith Camel - Levis Spot # 2 (Take Out The Stretch)
32. The Nazz - Band Promo Spot # 2 (Tommy Truckdriver)
33. The Who - Great Shakes Spot
34. Hullabaloo Club Promo, Ann Arbor Michigan
35. Vanilla Fudge - Coke Spot # 2
36. Vox Wah Wah Promo Spot
37. Charlatans - Groom & Clean Spot
38. Easy Beats - Coke Spot # 2
39. The Baroques - Iowa / Mary Jane Promo Spot
40. Bobby Fuller - Gallancamps Shoe Spot
41. American Breed - Coke Spot # 1
42. Jefferson Airplane - Levis Spot # 3 (Marty-Stretch Levis)
43. Yardbirds - Great Shakes Spot
44. Blind Faith - "The New Cream" - Concert Promo Spot
45. Bee Gees - Coke Spot # 2
46. Sopwith Camel - Levis Spot # 3 (Levis Strauss Waltz)
47. The Nazz - Band Promo Spot # 3 (The Life Of The Party)
48. Moody Blues - Coke Spot # 2
49. Family Dog - Concert Promo Spot
50. Jefferson Airplane - Levis Spot # 4 (Jack - I am a Duck)
51. The Zombies - 'Time Of The Season' Promo Spot
52. Thirteenth Floor Elevators - 'Bull Of The Woods' Promo Spot
53. The Exotics - Bill McKay Chevrolet Spot
54. The Who - Coke Spot
55. Saturday's Children - Chicago Electric Co. Spot
56. American Breed - Partridge Weiners Spot
57. H.P. Lovecraft - Ban Roll-On Spot
58. Sons Of Champlin - KCPX Salt Lake City Promo
59. The Box Tops - Coke Spot
60. Masters Apprentices - Ford Cortina Spot
61. The First Edition - Alcoa Aluminum Pull-Top Spot
62. Spirit - 'Clear' LP Promo
63. '21 Sounds for Sunset' - LP Promo Spot
64. The Troggs - H.I.S. Spot
65. Male M1 Shop, Chicago - Store Promo Spot
66. American Breed - Coke Spot # 2
67. Ravi Shankar - Anti Drug Spot
68. The McCoy's - Heart Association Spot
69. Canned Heat Promo Spot For LP
70. John & Yoko Promo for "God Save Us"

Things Go Better with Coke: Sixties Coca-Cola Commercials (1965-1969)

2009-08-02T17:50:00.000-07:00

Things Go Better with Coke: Sixties Coca-Cola Commercials (1965-1969)
1. The American Breed - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:00)
2. The American Breed - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:00)
3. Aretha Franklin - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:00)
4. Aretha Franklin - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:01)
5. Aretha Franklin - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (1:29)
6. B.J. Thomas - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:57)
7. B.J. Thomas - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:58)
8. The Bee Gees - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:55)
9. The Bee Gees - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:59)
10. The Box Tops - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:58)
11. The Box Tops - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:00)
12. The Box Tops - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (1:00)
13. Brooklyn Bridge - Things Go Better with Coke (0:59)
14. Carla Thomas - Things Go Better with Coke (0:59)
15. Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich - Things Go Better with Coke (2:18)
16. The Drifters - Things Go Better with Coke (1:00)
17. The Easybeats - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:03)
18. The Easybeats - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:56)
19. The Easybeats - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (1:18)
20. The Everly Brothers - Things Go Better with Coke (1:25)
21. The 5th Dimension - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:00)
22. The 5th Dimension - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:00)
23. Fontella Bass - Things Go Better with Coke (0:58)
24. The Fortunes - Things Go Better with Coke (1:00)
25. The Four Seasons - Things Go Better with Coke (1:33)
26. Freddie and the Dreamers - Things Go Better with Coke (0:58)
27. Freddy Cannon - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:59)
28. Freddy Cannon - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:59)
29. Gary Lewis and the Playboys - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:59)
30. Gary Lewis and the Playboys - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (Short) (0:57)
31. Gary Lewis and the Playboys - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (Long) (1:30)
32. Gladys Knight and the Pips - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:00)
33. Gladys Knight and the Pips - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:59)
34. Golden Earring - Things Go Better with Coke (1:49)
35. Jan and Dean - Things Go Better with Coke (1:00)
36. Jay and the Americans - Things Go Better with Coke (0:58)
37. Jay and the Techniques - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:59)
38. Jay and the Techniques - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:00)
39. Jerry Butler - Things Go Better with Coke (1:00)
40. Jerry Butler / Carla Thomas - Things Go Better with Coke (0:59)
41. Joe Tex - Things Go Better with Coke (0:57)
42. Lee Dorsey - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:00)
43. Lee Dorsey - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:00)
44. The Left Banke - Things Go Better with Coke (1:02)
45. Lesley Gore - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:31)
46. Lesley Gore - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (Short) (1:03)
47. Lesley Gore - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (Long) (1:32)
48. Little Milton - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:02)
49. Little Milton - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:05)
50. Los Bravos - Things Go Better with Coke (1:30)
51. Lulu - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:00)
52. Lulu - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:58)
53. Marvin Gaye - Things Go Better with Coke (1:00)
54. Marvin Gaye / Tammi Terrell - Things Go Better with Coke (1:00)
55. Mary Hopkin - Things Go Better with Coke (1:00)
56. The Moody Blues - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (Short) (1:01)
57. The Moody Blues - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (Long) (1:35)
58. The Moody Blues - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:59)
59. The Moody Blues - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (0:59)
60. Nancy Sinatra - Things Go Better with Coke (Short) (1:01)
61. Nancy Sinatra - Things Go Better with Coke (Long) (1:31)
62. Neil Diamond - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:52)
63. Neil Diamond - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:00)
64. New Vaudeville Band - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:34)
65. New Vaudeville Band - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:31)
66. Otis Redding - Things Go Better with Coke (1:29)
67. Petula Clark - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (Short) (0:58)
68. Petula Clark - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (Long) (1:31)
69. Petula Clark - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:02)
70. Petula Clark - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (Short) (1:01)
71. Petula Clark - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (Long) (1:29)
72. Ray Charles - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:01)
73. Ray Charles - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:31)
74. Ray Charles / Aretha Franklin - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:28)
75. Ray Charles / Aretha Franklin - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:32)
76. Roy Orbison - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (Short) (1:01)
77. Roy Orbison - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (Long) (1:30)
78. Roy Orbison - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (Short) (1:02)
79. Roy Orbison - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (Long) (1:28)
80. Roy Orbison - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (Short) (0:59)
81. Roy Orbison - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (Long) (1:29)
82. Roy Orbison - Things Go Better with Coke #4 (1:01)
83. Sandy Posey - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:59)
84. Sandy Posey - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:59)
85. Sandy Posey - Things Go Better with Coke #3 (1:00)
86. The Seekers - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:59)
87. The Seekers - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:00)
88. The Shirelles / John W. Bubbles - Things Go Better with Coke (1:46)
89. The Supremes - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (Short) (1:00)
90. The Supremes - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (Long) (1:30)
91. The Supremes - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (1:00)
92. Tom Jones - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:59)
93. Tom Jones - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:56)
94. Tommy Boyce / Bobby Hart - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:00)
95. Tommy Boyce / Bobby Hart - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:59)
96. The Tremeloes - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:00)
97. The Tremeloes - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:58)
98. The Troggs - Things Go Better with Coke (Short) (1:00)
99. The Troggs - Things Go Better with Coke (Long) (1:31)
100. Vanilla Fudge - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (0:58)
101. Vanilla Fudge - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:59)
102. The Vogues - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:30)
103. The Vogues - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (Short) (1:00)
104. The Vogues - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (Long) (1:33)
105. Wayne Fontana and the Mindbenders - Things Go Better with Coke (0:59)
106. The Who - Things Go Better with Coke #1 (1:06)
107. The Who - Things Go Better with Coke #2 (0:29)
108. Come Alive - The Pepsi Generation (2:01)

Lost Episodes

2009-08-01T04:52:00.000-07:00

The Lost Episodes
Compilation album by Frank Zappa
Released February 27, 1996
Recorded 1958–1992
Genre Experimental rock, progressive rock, jazz fusion, hard rock
Length 71:14
Label Rykodisc
Producer Frank Zappa

* Allmusic 4/5 stars
* The Guardian 4/5 stars

The Lost Episodes is an album by Frank Zappa which compiles previously unreleased material and was posthumously released in 1996. Much of the material covered dates from early in his career, and as early as 1958, into the mid-1970s. Zappa had been working on these tracks in the years before his death in 1993.

The album is also notable for its five tracks which feature Captain Beefheart (known in early recordings by his birth name, Don Vliet, and later Don Van Vliet): "Lost in a Whirlpool", a blues parody from around 1958–59 in which Beefheart sings of being flushed down the toilet; "Tiger Roach", a rhythm and blues track from around three years later; "I'm a Band Leader" from 1969, a spoken word piece written by Zappa and read by Beefheart; "Alley Cat", a blues number in which Zappa plays guitar with two members of Beefheart's Magic Band, and "The Grand Wazoo", a spoken word piece recorded in 1969, to which Zappa added a Synclavier track in 1992 [1]. Dan Glaister, writing in The Guardian, judged the first to be "a passable Bessie Smith cover", adding, "while "Alley Cat" could be a missing track from Clear Spot."

Elsewhere on the disc are included a number of alternate, earlier versions of compositions which were later released on Zappa's studio albums. The Lost Episodes' version of "Any Way the Wind Blows", for instance, was recorded in Cucamonga in around 1963—three years before its appearance on Freak Out! (1966). And the version of "Fountain of Love" here was recorded around the same time, but not released until Cruising with Ruben & the Jets (1968).

Monty Python and the Holy Grail [Extraordinarily Deluxe Edition CD]

2009-07-31T02:33:00.000-07:00

The actual title of this release is The Album of the Soundtrack of the Trailer of the Film of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. As such, a majority of the disc consists of extracts from the motion picture's dialogue. This is a different approach from what writer/actors Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Terry Gilliam (also visual designer) had taken with their previous studio outings, which were in essence re-recordings of classic sketches from the Monty Python's Flying Circus television program. For the sake of continuity, several new bits have been added; chief among these are Chapman's assorted "Executive Edition" announcements, concluding with the "verrrry nice" "Executive Edition Addendum." For the "Tour of the Classic Silbury Hill Theatre" and "Live Broadcast from London: Premiere of the Film," Palin and Cleese provide setting and exposition for both the album and the film. At times they mock the visual aspects and the very nature of the cinematic experience as it translates (or fails to translate) onto vinyl. Much of what is included here has become legendary among the faithful, as well as definitive within the Python repertoire, most notably "Bring Out Your Dead," "A Witch," "The Knights Who Say 'Ni!'," and "Camelot," the Hollywood-style production number written by former Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band member Neil Innes, who also provided all the songs for the flick. [This "Extraordinarily Deluxe Edition" CD/DVD contains a ton of DVD extras.]

The Beat Generation [BOX SET]

2009-07-23T03:01:00.000-07:00

This three-disc set is a gold mine for anyone with even a passing interest in the music, the poetry, and the people of the beat era. The stars--Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs--are here, of course. But so are the players (Charles Mingus, Gerry Mulligan), the architects (Kenneth Patchen, Kenneth Rexroth), the cutups (Lenny Bruce, Lord Buckley), the pretenders (Rod McKuen, Edd Byrnes), the critics (Carl Sandburg, Howard K. Smith), and the heirs (Tom Waits). What a great selection of vibrant poetry, hip music, and sonic ephemera..... Dig this crazy box, man!

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas

2009-07-22T04:04:00.000-07:00

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas is a 1968 comedy film starring Peter Sellers, directed by Hy Averback and featuring music by Harpers Bizarre. The film is set in the counterculture of the 1960s

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas : Original Movie Soundtrack

Elmer Bernstein (Arranged and conducted by Hans Rossbach)

Thrillington

2009-07-17T01:39:00.001-07:00

Thrillington is a 1977 album by Paul McCartney, under the pseudonym of Percy
"Thrills" Thrillington. The album is an instrumental cover version of Paul and Linda
McCartney's 1971 album, Ram. Arranger Richard Hewson was asked to arrange the
orchestration before Ram had yet been released and it was recorded in June 1971 with
McCartney as producer and with an intended release shortly thereafter. Paul and wife
Linda's decision to form Wings resulted in the album being shelved until 1977.

In preparation for the release of Thrillington, McCartney invented the fictitious
socialite Percy Thrillington, and even took out ads in various UK music papers
announcing Thrillington's so-called comings and goings to generate curiosity and
interest.

Released in April 1977, and with no mention of McCartney's name whatsoever save in
the main liner notes where he is described as a friend of Percy Thrillington went
unnoticed upon its release where it became a sort of collector's item, not a hot one,
for there was some doubt as to whether Thrillington was really Paul McCartney and
the role he played in it. McCartney was never asked about his role in that album until
he finally admitted it to journalist Peter Palmiere at a Los Angeles press conference on
November 27, 1989 during the second leg of his world tour. McCartney told Palmiere
"What a great question to end the conference. The world needs to know! But seriously
it was me and Linda and we kept it a secret for a long time but now the world knows!
you blew it!" After the admission, the album nearly tripled in value.

Paul McCartney in 1990 also admitted to Palmiere via an autograph request that he
indeed was Clint Harrigan the liner notes writer for Thrillington and Paul McCartney
and Wings Wild Life album. Oddly enough the first person to reveal the identity of
Clint Harrigan was John Lennon, who stated as much during a well-publicised letter
feud in the New Musical Express in 1972.

"Thrillington" was issued on CD in 1995 and 2004. No accompanying vinyl or cassette
version were released. Sales were limited mainly because the actual appeal of the
project itself was limited.
The full story of the "Thrillington" album was told in detail in music journalist Ian
Peel's book, "The Unknown Paul McCartney" (Reynolds & Hearn, 2002). Peel tracked
down various musicians who brought McCartney's vision to life - including Richard
Hewson, Herbie Flowers and The Mike Sammes Singers - as well as those that were
responsible in creating its mythology.

Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins

2009-07-16T02:10:00.000-07:00

Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins is an album released by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1968. The result of an all-night session of musical experimentation in Lennon's home studio at Kenwood, John and Yoko's debut album is known not only for its avant garde content, but also for its cover. The album's title came from the couple's feeling that they were "two innocents, lost in a world gone mad", and because after making the recording, the two consummated their relationship for the first time.

The recording consists largely of tape loops, playing while Lennon tries out different instruments (piano, organ, drums) and sound effects (including reverb, delay and distortion), changes tapes and plays other recordings, and converses with Ono, who vocalises ad-lib in response to the sounds. Lennon's longtime friend Peter Shotton remembered later in his memoir (The Beatles, Lennon and Me) that many of the loops were made by Lennon and himself, in the days before the recording. Lennon recorded directly to two-track stereo, but much of the source material was monophonic.

Two Virgins was the second album released under the Apple Records label, after George Harrison's Wonderwall Music. It was distributed by Track Records in the UK and Tetragrammaton Records in the USA, after EMI in the UK and Capitol Records in the US refused to handle it, because of the cover photo. (Nonetheless, EMI mastered and pressed the record in Britain, charging their standard fee.) The couple soon after released a related recording called Unfinished Music No.2: Life with the Lions.

Vivian Stanshall ~ Peel Sessions

2009-07-14T04:39:00.000-07:00

Viv Stanshall - The Peel Sessions

BONZO DOG DOO DAH BAND

2009-07-12T04:05:00.000-07:00

BONZO DOG DOO DAH BAND Peel Sessions - 3.08.69

Pebbles Box

2009-07-11T04:28:00.000-07:00

The Pebbles Box is a 5-LP box set of mid-1960's garage rock and psychedelic rock recordings, primarily by American bands. Several years later, a similar 5-CD box set was released that was called the Trash Box. The Pebbles Box purports to collect the first five volumes of the Pebbles series, although there are fewer songs than on the original LPs: 72 total tracks on the five discs, as compared with 86 on the original LPs. Also, as is generally true of the CD reissues of these five volumes (though not nearly to the same extent), the tracks differ significantly on all five discs as compared to both the original Pebbles LPs and the later Pebbles CDs in the corresponding volumes; and the surf rock rarities on Pebbles, Volume 4 have been eschewed entirely.

Although most of the recordings on the Pebbles Box were released at some point on one of the individual Pebbles albums, several of the songs have not appeared elsewhere in the Pebbles series. Inexplicably, one of these songs is the well-known hit "I Fought the Law (but the Law Won)" by the Bobby Fuller Four (on Disc Four) – which is also included in the Trash Box – in place of the much rarer "Wine Wine Wine" by Bobby Fuller that appears on Pebbles, Volume 2.