From Canada on ARC Records its “Christmas with the Chippers’!

And here are the JAILBIRD SINGERS, a Swedish “hootenanny” singing group of real prison inmates on Metronome Records (ca., 1963)  (Via Ulf)

Wycote Records’ “4 Chipmunks”

Steven Wright writes  … “Your “witch doctor” entry reminded me of this;  this Lp was initially credited to “the 4 chipmunks” before legal pressure forced them to the less plagiaristic “wyncote squirrels”…wyncote was notrious for this — they issued an album called “beatlemania” by the liverpools and “monkey business” by the chimps as blatant ripoffs. Btw, after their first Lp,  david seville allegedly used women to voice his chipmunks”

Anyone up for a good ELEPHANT JOKE!?  Just ask Betty Marnell, Higgins & Lord Willoughby or Bob Manchel  “Elephant Jokes” on Rosco Records  Includes my faves “Safari Nice Elephant,” “My Husband THE elephant” and “Stop Me If You’ve Herd This”.  By the way,  “How do you stop an elephant from charging?”  Hmmmm?

Os Bichos Cosmonautas   Odeon Records (Brazil)

Happy Songs (For Happy Kids & Kittens)     The Hollywood Orchestra and singers   Tops Records

“Music to Sell the Real Thing By … and Other Hits from Ken-L Foods!”     A 1961 “industrial” record put out by advertising agency giant J. Walter Thompson for the K-L Ration dog food manufacturer to get their sales force pumped up to sell, sell, sell.     Here are original songs written to inspire company tail draggers and motivate those who made their living one can of dog food at a time.     Promotional tools and brand prosthelytizing to a bouncy beat.

This is FALSE ADVERTISING.   After listening to this, there’s very little bounce here or any music at all!   The hushed, sexy female voice (“Miss Monologue”?) with her sexual innuendo and double-entendres is very strange in counterpoint to the all-business marketing exec trying to get his dry message across.     (Her: “You’re a big boy now” – Him: “A figure of speech honey”)   This is just terrible.   Like eating dog food!

Cri-Cri the Cricket