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Venus and Larry “Comedy Jackpot” Here’s a super rarity. No liner notes or bios, label info, dates or any information found online. Does anyone know this one?
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October 31st, 2018 at 8:29 am
This looks like it may have been a vanity pressing, possibly by Columbia.
I have a completely different album with that same “colored lines” pattern. It’s for some Columbia records corporate event that they recorded.
November 5th, 2018 at 7:29 pm
If you’d enter it on DISCOGS, I’m sure a thread in the forums would lead to some info.
November 18th, 2018 at 10:07 pm
Someone over at rateyourmusic.com is looking for this record, saying they are his parents:
https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/venus_and_larry/comedy_jackpot/
May 5th, 2020 at 5:43 am
They recorded at least two albums. This one and Venus and the Baja County Jesters – Wild Country which was recorded on (according to one site) on a label called “Passport” back in 1970 and have them based in Albany, OR.
http://nwmusicarchives.com/artist/venus-the-baja-county-jesters/
Their daughter is looking for a copy of either album, here is her contact information:
https://www.discogs.com/user/mia71655
A picture of the other LP is here:
https://tinyurl.com/yaz32rw4
His name is/was Larry Ford. Venus is from Mexico City.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAV96_oRLMk
There are at least three musical Larry Fords: One is a Grammy-winning religious singer, another plays Jazz on the trumpet.
May 5th, 2020 at 6:56 am
Further information!!
“Venus” was “Venus DeMars” who was better known as an ecdysiast.
Go here and fast-forward to 5:34:
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5cbvtr
From this site:
http://barebonesez.blogspot.com/2013/02/john-collier-on-tv-part-six-alfred.html
“Saving the most bizarre for last, the role of Maria was played by an actress who went by the name of Venus de Mars. You won’t find any other film or television credits for her, but Norman Lloyd explained that she was a Mexican striptease artist who performed at the Main Street Follies burlesque house in Hollywood. She also turns up in a 1961 article about the Sunset Strip, where John Weaver reports that she stood 37 inches tall and was “known for her extraordinary tassel work.”
May 5th, 2020 at 7:11 am
Last update: If the newspaper is correct, in 1956, she was 21, so she was born in 1935. There are two articles, one from 1956 and another from 1964, so that is at least an eight year career for her dancing. The “Baja…” album came out in 1970, which would make her 34 or 35 at the time of the LP’s issue.
I can’t help on label information on Comedy Jackpot, sorry!
May 5th, 2020 at 7:36 am
I gotta get out more, but here is a full article, which also mentions movie appearances:
https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3DNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=1ucDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6780%2C4395799
May 12th, 2020 at 9:21 am
Also:
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14849171/venusdemarsadsaltlaketribsunsep30-62/
April 30th, 2021 at 1:10 pm
I know this because THAT is my parents. I would love to purchase that from you.
May 2nd, 2021 at 9:53 am
This is my parents.i would very much like to purchase this album from the person who posted it. A little of the corresponding information is a bit off though.
Please contact me.
June 28th, 2021 at 3:47 pm
Hi Mia, nice to hear from you. Please let us know what you can about this record! All the best.
July 7th, 2021 at 5:35 am
https://www.newspapers.com/clip/14849234/medford-mail-tribune/
November 13th, 2021 at 10:02 am
I was the original drummer for “Venus and the Baja Country Jesters.” What more info would you like?
November 19th, 2021 at 2:37 pm
Jim Tiltin- yes on the Wild Country Album, but not on the Comedy Jackpot.
They ( my parents) did not have the jesters at Comedy Jackpot time.