“Divorce Ukrainian Style” with Roy MYKYTSHYN and friends   V Records Limited Canada

(37 votes, average: 3.57 out of 5)

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“Bedtime Stories Italian Style”   by Giuseppe, the Italian Baby-sitter!   Box Office Records   “…a decidedly different delineation of a half-dozen famous fairy tales.   Combining today’s adult world of reality with the time-honored world of fantasy…”     “Taking farcical liberties under the protection of his pizzeria palaver, he puts the accent high on hilarity”     Giuseppe is in reality a prominent orchestra leader born and raised in NYC.   His Italian accent is strictly for this album, recorded at the repeated urging of friends who have joyfully sampled his performances at private parties.

(38 votes, average: 3.76 out of 5)

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“Em – BARE – Assed”   Ralph Winn   Winn Records

(52 votes, average: 3.54 out of 5)

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Graham Dalley   Hollick & Taylor Records   (1966)   Recorded live at The Barn, a restaurant in Birmingham, England.   Sappy organ music like ‘ ‘Sayonara’, “Meet Me in St. Louis” and “The Folks on the Hill’     And sappier liner notes like “It was a great night out. The food and the wine and the mood and the music; you’re going to store it all away in some sweet corner of life’s memories to hold against less magical moments when you want to recall the rosy glow of friendliness and warmth which is the essence of our fare. At any rate, that’s how we hope you feel.”   But, give it up for the inspired front cover – which is why we’re here after all.

(29 votes, average: 3.38 out of 5)

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Oy gevalt!   These alter kockers will make you plotz!   The Jewish comedy stylings of Dzigan and Szumagher.

(27 votes, average: 2.93 out of 5)

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The 3 Stooges “Sing Happy Yuletide Songs with the Music Wreckers” Golden Records (1960)   Larry, Moe and Curly-Joe Wreck the Halls!

(29 votes, average: 3.07 out of 5)

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The Rutles “A Hard Day’s Rut”   Parlourphone Records   A Rutles bootleg (if a parody band can have such a thing)   Originally created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes as a fictional band to be featured as part of various 1970s television programming, the group evolved into a real band that recorded and toured, debuted in the States on a couple of Saturday Night Live programs in 1975 and 1976 and was the subject of a mockumentary film “All You Need is Cash”.   The band included “Nasty” (Innes); “Stig” (Rikki Fataar); “Dirk” (Idle); and “Barry” (John Halsey).

(48 votes, average: 3.83 out of 5)

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“Don’t Get Married Son” by Peter Hnatiuk

(49 votes, average: 4.53 out of 5)

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Chistes Verdes…al Rojo Vivo   El Tadeo

(14 votes, average: 3.79 out of 5)

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The Many Heads of Dickie Goodman   Rori Records   (1962) Dickie Goodman wrote and recorded novelty songs and parodies beginning with the 1956 top ten hit “The Flying Saucer”   His career-long shtick was to act as a “reporter,” while the responses from the “people” he was interviewing would be soundbites from popular records of the day.   As the original sampling gangster,   he had 17 different labels sue him for using samples on “The Flying Saucer” without permission.   But the judge in the case ultimately sided with Goodman, stating that “he had created a new work” and didn’t simply copy another’s work.   In the early seventies he put out singles like “Convention ’72″ “Superfly Meets Shaft” and “Watergate” and in 1975, he released probably his best-known song, “Mr. Jaws,” a spoof of the movie “Jaws” which peaked on the U.S. pop charts at #4 and sold over 500,000 copies.   He died in Fayetteville, NC, on November 6, 1989 (from an apparent suicide).

(12 votes, average: 3.58 out of 5)

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