The donkey serenade
“Adentro Arracacheros!” Emeterio y Felipe – Los Tolimenses Zeida Records
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(19 votes, average: 2.95 out of 5) Loading ...Tall tales from Morris and Mitch
Morris and Mitch “Six-Feet Nothing Special” Decca Records
(16 votes, average: 2.81 out of 5) Loading ...The Bathrooms are Coming!
An incredibly strange “industrial musical” created, performed and released as a “souvenir” to employees and customers by the American Standard bathroom fixtures company. From 1969. Check out WFMU’s Beware of the Blog to listen to this warped artifact of late sixties “promotainment”. This one made an appearance as one of “Dave’s Record Collection” on the Late Show.
From the Liner Notes: The Bathrooms are Coming premiered a new decade of bathroom fixtures born out of exhaustive human and product research by American-Standard. The story began with the introduction of a mythical Greek goddess Femma, the epitome of all women’s attitudes, reflections and desires and the leader of all women’s movements. In the play Femma is called upon by other women to start a bathroom revolution – “Join the fight for bathroom safety, Femma…the fight for beauty and luxury. We need freedom from bathroom oppression. Join the fight for better bathrooms.”
And so it was that Femma led the story. It began with a declaration that “plumbing” is a feminine business, shoring a profile of the “woman of the 70’s,” and the case for change against the status quo, She carried the audience through the Cornell research, to a view of markets in terms of people. Then, the Revolution unfolded in terms of new attitudes, new programs. Then one by one, the real stars of the show were revealed – Economy Wall Surround, Proximatics, Ultra Bath, Bone and Spectra 70.
We sincerely hope that this delightful music helps you to recapture the excitement, color and laughter of the original show.
(34 votes, average: 3.53 out of 5) Loading ...Ok, what’s the bad news?
“Good News” “If there is no GOD …how did it happen” YOU DECIDE. A crusade sermon by Evangelist T. L. Osborn direct from the miraculous meetings of Trinidad”
(24 votes, average: 2.96 out of 5) Loading ...Learn to beat the rap
“Law, You and NARCOTICS” Walter E. Hurst One of a series of do-it-yourself legal topics on Law-U Records.
(35 votes, average: 3.37 out of 5) Loading ...The McGlothlins make a porno
“He’s Coming!” The McGlothlins
(22 votes, average: 2.86 out of 5) Loading ...Mad cow
“The Plastic Cow Goes MOOOOOOg” Composer/arranger/performer Mike Melvoin. Dot Records (1970)
Listen up: The Ballad of John and Yoko
From the Liner Notes: “This album is based on musicianship, performances, and repertoire more than effects. I think it’s the first pop electronic album with a soul. It’s a very human electronic album.”
The Moog is an electronic device that can create the four different basic sound waves with their characteristic tambours. After the initial production of the basic sound wave, a variety of different modulation devices enable the player to create innumerable different sounds and effects. The sounds of “old” standard musical instruments can be simulated, but more importantly, as in this album, entirely new musical instruments can be created.
The first recording session for this album produced the rhythm tracks for all the cuts. Guitarist Dennis Budimir, drummers Paul Humphrey, Earl Palmer, and Colin Bailey, and Melvoin playing the bass register on the Moog laid down the rhythmic base for all the tunes. Future sessions involved Melvoin playing only the Moog as a composer/conductor “plays” an orchestra. The sounds in this album are within the ranges of all the standard musical instruments, but were not designed to duplicate their sounds.
Technical assistance was provided by Bernie Krause and Paul Beaver, electronic masters of the Moog synthesizer. They, along with producer Tom Mack, and Melvoin are the men responsible for the creation of the new Moog language needed to put together this album. Listen, if you will, for such onomatopoetic sounds as a “phased rubber band,” a “glass shower,” “damped bells,” and a “soprano with a gurgle.” They’re there. You’ve never heard them before, but you will hear them again!
Mike Melvoin, originally from the jazz world, was the Musical Director of the nationally syndicated Woody Woodbury television show, and in the last several years has recorded with and for every major West Coast recording artist as a keyboard performer. One of America’s most talented young musicians, he here makes great inroads in the electronic music field. The trail has been blazed, the sound has been phased. Sopranos with a gurgle . . . and listeners with an ear . . . may never be the same!
Thanks to 36 15 Moog for the download!
(42 votes, average: 3.48 out of 5) Loading ...When he was Lille
A sweet two-sided cover sent in by lp cover lover, Ulf Gustafsson! Little Gerhard – a pop singer from Stockholm Sweden circa 1963
Another Litt..er Lille Gerhard ep on Karusel Records found at Farbror Sid by way of Martin Klasch who writes: “Lille Gerhard”, who called himself “Little Gerhard” when he sang in English, was one of the first Swedish “rock” singers in the 50s. Enjoy a lille sample here.
(21 votes, average: 4.48 out of 5) Loading ...I love you man!!
“Here’s the Man. I mean the man. The Dynamic Bobby… Bobby Bland!!” Duke Records (1962) One of my personal favorites. From the amazing James Brown at the Apollo-like introduction into “36-22-36” to “Ain’t That Loving You” and “Turn On Your Love Light” this one is soulful and funky and his band is so tight!
Tracks: 36-22-36 / You’re the One (That I Adore) / Turn on Your Love Light / Who Will the Next Fool Be / You’re Worth It All / Blues in the Night /Your Friends / Ain’t that Loving You / Jelly Jelly Jelly / Twistin’ Up the Road / Stormy Monday Blues
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“Hillbilly Classics” Featuring Kenny Arnott Planet Records (Australia)
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