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Incredibly Strange

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Boys in the hoodz

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(33 votes, average: 3.42 out of 5)

Jailhouse Rock

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“A little bit of LATIN, and a little bit of JAZZ” Ronnie Neuman at the Padded Cell. Rare Latin Jazz lp on Soma Records. The Padded Cell was a Minneapolis nightclub and restaurant known for it’s charburger and experimental jazz. This cover was featured in the “Incredibly Strange Music” books.

(29 votes, average: 3.86 out of 5)

Puppets on the pulpit

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Uncle “D” Talks with Charlie and Sheila.

(32 votes, average: 2.78 out of 5)

Seen Scarface too many times

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(32 votes, average: 3.78 out of 5)

Born again junkies

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Teen Challenge “Addicts Choir”   Word Records.

(28 votes, average: 2.82 out of 5)

The worst of Florence Foster Jenkins

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“The Glory (????) of the Human Voice”   “A Faust Travesty”   RCA Records.   Ms. Jenkins was a wealthy benefactor to the arts in the first half of the twentieth century.   She fancied herself an opera singer despite her complete lack of talent, pitch or range.   Never-the-less she performed and recorded with the utmost earnesty for friends and family.   She even went so far as to rent out Carnegie Hall and a full orchestra to perform with.   How or why RCA got involved, I have no idea.   Check her out on youtube.   Someone wrote that David Bowie is a fan of this record.

(29 votes, average: 3.14 out of 5)

Word on the street

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Word Records presents “The Addicts Sing” (Nine former addicts)

(41 votes, average: 3.71 out of 5)

Steel crazy after all these years

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Shriners and steel drums — a winning combination!

(24 votes, average: 2.92 out of 5)

Three guys named…

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(22 votes, average: 2.41 out of 5)

Logan’s runny nose

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Why superimpose your head coming out of a woman’s nostril?!

(23 votes, average: 3.00 out of 5)