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The Fluegel Knights - One of Those Songs

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 13:52:00 PDT

1. One Of Those Songs
2. Cabaret
3. The Crusades
4. Everybody Loves My Baby
5. Horn Duey
6. Castle Holiday
7. In The Still Of The Night
8. Camelot
9. Miniskirt Waltz
10. Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf
11. A Lover's Concerto

I found this on Usenet this morning, (posted by MisterB). (It might be the same copy posted on "Third Island" last February, I don't know its real origin.)

This album I used to treasure, mostly for "Castle Holiday", a song the Diarrhea Roses used to cover (poorly, I'm sure).
Another standout, "Everybody Loves My Baby" (theme music to the television show "Celebrity Bowling" (1971 to 1978.)

Produced by Bob Thompson
Music Director, Dick Behake (aka King Richard)

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The Aldridge Sisters and the Otwell Twins - I Believe In Music (Lawrence Welk Show ~ 1980)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:39:00 PDT

Two sibling acts combine to form one monster sibling machine!
The Aldridge Sisters (Sherry and Sheila) and The Otwell Twins (identical twins Roger and David)

Exploring the Unknown - The Voices of Walter Schumann (1955)*

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:50:00 PDT

* (Spoken word narration by Paul Frees)

1. Preparation and Blast Off
2. Trajectory
3. Space Station
4. New Frontiers
5. Arrival at Venus, New Sensations
6. Welcoming Processional
7. Teleportation
8. Great Distances
9. Regions of the Other Suns
10. Comets
11. Heavens
12. Look Up

Veering from my promise to post only what I rip, here is one of the best space operas ever recorded to vinyl!

Posted by Tiltowait on Usenet.
(Beats my scratchy, poppy, abortion of a rip...)

"After a series of pleasant but forgettable choral recordings, Walter Schumann teamed with fellow composer Leith Stevens to create the remarkable Exploring the Unknown, a dramatic and innovative space-pop fantasia that punctuates its lush orchestration and celestial vocals with chilling spoken word narration contributions from actor Paul Frees. Tracing the arc of an interstellar adventure from launch through descent, the album brilliantly captures both the childlike wonder and alien foreboding of the world beyond Earth. To their credit, the creators treat the material with the utmost seriousness, lending gravitas to the sensation of weightlessness". ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide.

The Voices of Paul Frees
The Pillsbury Doughboy!
Boris Badenov!!
Morocco Mole, and more.....

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thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:28:00 PDT

How many records/tapes/CDs could have possibly survived this inferno? Plus, exposure to rain, snow, etc for over 8 years. Today, I scrounged around the rubble and ash of my old burned out shack on MV and found:
Records = 0
Tapes = 8 or 9 (Bonus, found ...some old Diarrhea Roses practice tapes!)
CDs = 198 (Stashed under what was left of my bed, cases melted, but CDs in good shape, perfectly playable)

SUPERMAN - By The Supermen (1966)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:02:00 PDT

1. IT'S SUPERMAN
2. YOU'VE GOT POSSIBILITIES
3. MAN OF STEEL
4. KRYPTONITE
5. FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE
6. MR. MXYZPTLK
7. BIZARRO BOOGIE
8. CURSE OF THE DOUBLE L
9. CLARK KENT'S SECRET IDENTITY
10. METROPOLIS BY NIGHT

"It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's Superman by The Supermen, Selections from the New Musical Smash."

A gem or two or three on this LP, amidst a "Red River Valley" landscape of mostly forgettable tunes (with enticing titles e.g. MR. MXYZPTLK).

"IT'S SUPERMAN", the 1st cut, one of only 2 vocal tracks on the album, stands out with its infectious harmonizing. "CURSE OF THE DOUBLE L", a nice instrumental.....

Ivor Cutler

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:30:00 PDT

Slightly Imperfect-RIP Ivor Cutler

Ivor Cutler (15 January 1923 – 3 March 2006)
Scottish poet, songwriter and humorist.

"Cutler was an anti-intellectual and noted eccentric, dressing in a distinctive style including plus-fours and hats adorned with many badges, traveling mainly by bicycle and often communicating by means of sticky labels printed with "Cutlerisms", one of which, "never knowingly understood" came to be summary applied by supporters and detractors alike."
Wikipedia

One of my favorite Ivor Cutler songs, "LEMONADE "

Ivor Cutler performing "Shoplifters" on his harmonium.

Dottie Walters REVEALS the Seven Secrets Of SELLING to WOMEN (1963)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 11:44:00 PDT

1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE FIRST SECRET
3. THE SECOND SECRET
4. THE THIRD SECRET
5. THE FOURTH SECRET
6. THE FIFTH SECRET
7. THE SIXTH SECRET
8. THE SEVENTH SECRET

80% OF THE NATION'S BUYING POWER IS CONTROLLED BY WOMEN

" 7 Keys to Reaching this Unlimited Buying Power "

. LEARN

SEVEN SELLING SECRETS...SEVEN TESTED REASONS

"The seventh and biggest secret of all: infuriate them! You see, a woman hides within her FURIES, whose forces once released can conquer any foe. Women are like the sea. The currents and tides which move them every day are regular ebbs and flows, until a wind whips them up....this force can be used to your advantage if you can show a woman how your product will protect her family, her country, or her own attractiveness."

According to the liner notes, the name of Dottie's advertising firm was Hospitality Hostess Service.

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The Torch Is Burning : the Poetic Voice of FRANKLYN MacCORMACK (1958)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:36:00 PDT

1. WHY DO I LOVE YOU
2. WHERE OR WHEN
3. SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
4. ALL OR NOTHING
5. I GET ALONG WITHOUT YOU VERY WELL
6. I'LL BE SEEING YOU
7. I'LL REMEMBER APRIL
8. MY ONE AND ONLY LOVE
9. EASY COME, EASY GO LOVER
10. LOVE YOU SO
11. YOU GO TO MY HEAD
12. PUT YOUR DREAMS AWAY

"Why do I love you?
I love you not only for what you are
But for what I am when I'm with you..."

"Imagine hearing McCormack very late at night, on a fading AM radio wave from a long way off, in the days before we lived at a perpetual ironic distance from almost everything in our lives. You may come to understand the profound power radio once had to deeply move listeners—and also why people who heard MacCormack 40 years ago have been unable to forget him....Franklyn MacCormack died in June 1971. He was on the air at the time. Not a bad way for a radio man to go...."
Jim Bartlett

Special request by my good friend Hippie Robert who originates from Chicago where
Franklyn MacCormack ruled the early morning radio airwaves as host
of Chicago's WGN's All-Night Showcase (1959 - 1971) The show featured relaxing music as well as MacCormack's recitations of poetry accompanied by nostalgic instrumental pieces.

Additional info, photos and more extensive audio archives can be found
here and
here !!

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Ray And Carl (At The Musicade) 197?

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 18:12:00 PDT

1. SMALL WORLD
2. SLEEPY SERENADE
3. HAPPY FEELING
4. PYRAMID POLKA
5. ARMED FORCES SALUTE
6. PINEAPPLE RAG
7. WAVES
8. BATTLE HYMN
9. SWINGING SHEPARD BLUES
10. MALEGUENIA

"Additional equipment includes strobes, 20 assorted spot, flood and revolving colored lights, two mirrored balls, bubble machine and slide projector - all surrounding the Musicade. Truly a marvel of the electronic age."

Carl Manor at the MUSICADE Playing "SMALL WORLD"

Pioneering multimedia moogy bombast by Ray Whitaker and Carl Manor from Tucson, Arizona. Probably recorded early 1970's, my guess.
One of my favorite electronic albums - listen for the "complete toy counter of drums, tambourines, maracas, weedo, cow-bell, sleigh-bells and whistles."
Listen for the odd 8-track sound effects.

And please listen to the last track "MALEGUENIA" - my absolute favorite cover of the song MALAGUENA. I've lost innumerable brain cells to just this one track....

Watch the YouTube video for images of The Musicade in all its glory at the Musicade Lounge!

I love this album so much I called Carl Manor in Tucson out of the blue about 10 years ago or so ( He's listed in the Tucson phone book). He told me he had just recently sold that magnificent keyboard monster 'The Musicade' (what a score that was for somebody) and that he still performed around Tucson, at various Senior Centers.

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The Further Adventures of the Exciting, Original, & Unique MEXICALI SINGERS (1966)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 21:19:00 PDT

1. Two Mexican Donkeys
2. Holding Hands
3. All My Loving
4. Satan Takes a Holiday
5. Chanson d'Amour
6. Sweet Talkin' Guy
7. Death of the Matador
8. Vaya Con Dios
9. Spider Web
10. You, You, You
11. Gentle Touch
12. Hey, Look Me Over

Anita Kerr, one of America's foremost singers and vocal leaders in her own right, discovered The Mexicali Singers almost by accident. Had it not been for a fortuitous wrong turn three miles outside Prescott, Arizona, The Mexicali Singers might still today be cutting sugar cane, not records.
Miss Kerr first heard The Mexicali Singers in the picaresque village square of Mexicali, where they were making fiesta with their unusual voices. Anita Kerr was enchanted. She heard the group as they strolled about the square, entertaining the fellow Mexicalians with their own arrangements of instrumental favorites by the Tijuana Brass, Al Hirt, Bert Kaempfert, yes, even the Beatles.
Miss Kerr asked the group if they would care to stroll with her to Hollywood, where she would arrange a recording career for them. "Si!" came the answer from the beaming faces.
And so this album comes to pass. From the standpoint of vocal technique alone, The Mexicali Singers should win the triple-tonguing jaw-aching Award of the Year. They move so quickly through so many harmonies and varieties of sound at such a wild pace they sound like ace graduates of the Juilliard School of Doo-Wah.

"When we last heard tell of The Mexicali Singers (in their first Warner Bros. album entitled, imaginatively enough, The Mexicali Singers), the sextet of vocal gymnasts had been spirited out of Old Mexico by producer Anita Kerr, herself no mean gymnast. The unspoiled charm of the six singers quickly took the American airwaves by storm., to coin a phrase. Promoters, producers, bus boys, indeed people in all walks of life heralded The Mexicali Singers' new singing sound as "refreshing" and "thrilling" and "like a load of new mown hay shining in the moonlight"
Up to the challenge, Anita Kerr quickly developed an even greater repertoire to showcase these kings and queens of vocalese. Imitators have come to challenge The Mexicali Singers, but these imitators have also went. And so, standing alone at the top of their new art, The Mexicali Singers herewith proudly present their newest and best collection of opera du doo-wah.
Has success changed our six unspoiled talents? Not much. First Soprano Conchita Mendez is still flashing-eyed and still (much to her own alas) nubile. She has, because of her new fame, been contacted by the "Today" show to go on doing an interview on her sideline, the art of toe nail painting. Conchita will demonstrate her specialty, a biped panorama entitled "Sunset Over Chapultepec." So stay tuned.
Second Soprano Ruela H. Roblez' brother Pedro left his active show business career when he sold his TV repair business, and has gone into internal medicine, having invested his all into the Hadacol franchise for Mexico. Ruela herself had added to her growing family a third child, named Jaime Schweitzer Roblez, whose unspoiled father has preferred to remain anonymous.
Our sultry prankster and alto, Margarita Reales, has continued in her legendary merry ways, too. Her latest exploit occurred outside Fresno, California, when she organized a sympathy strike in support of stoop crop harvesters, and had half the unspoiled student body of Fresno State College attending classes on their knees. At this sight, Marg truly giggled, as only she can!
First Tenor Rafael O. J. Santayana, he of the flashing teeth and great, unspoiled mustache, precipitated the only b'otch on the Mexicali Singers' reputation when, in an interview with "Teen Star Magazine," he ravished two co-ed correspondents behind the downtown Phoenix Greyhound Bus Depot. "De gustibus non disputandem," said Rafael in pigeon Latin, as the irate citizenry led him off to the local sheriff (who proved to be a fan, but still gave Rafael 24 hours to split, and lectured him on his perilous Latin blood).
Baritone Erasmus Gonsalvez Munez, the unspoiled Rubirosa of West Mexicali, has begun to enchant women's clubs in each town The Mexicali Singers visit, by moonlighting tea-time lectures on a subject he is a part master at: bull-breeding. Obviously a favorite with his audiences, if one can measure such things by the delighted titters which waft from the club houses, Erasmus is fast on his way to becoming a legend with housewives from pampas to pampas.
And so we come to 240-pound Manuel F. Rodobles, last of the red-hot peons. This ex-dentist, now basso, has been singularly unspoiled by the siren call of success which has been wailing around The Mexicali Singers since their long trek up from their native adobe soil. His only change-of-habit has been, in fact, to export his newly discovered Yanqui way of life to his families below the border, the last shipment being a truck-load of styrofoam swans, with which he hopes to permanently beautify the lakes and lagoons around Mexicali, much as they have been beautified around Muncie, Indiana, as well you can imagine.
Which brings us up to the moment. Up to the point of confetti and serpentine tossing in the gentle breezes as The Mexicali Singers board their ocean liner to set off on a world tour of low income areas. Singing their hearts out with mouthfuls of song, just as they have enchanted Americanos by the millions.
And so, as they bid you a very temporary adios, the famed Mexicali Singers leave you with not only this up-to-date record collection but also with their now famous farewell wish, "Vaya con Queso!"

(from the back cover) -----Stan Cornyn

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The Michael Jackson 5

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:43:00 PDT

Hipno-Sueño (Vol. 4 Obesidad y Insomnia) ~ Taurus do Brasil (1980)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:05:00 PDT

Instrucciones:

1a. POSICION CORRECTA --Acostado con un brazo hacia arriba

2a. SIGA UD. LAS INDICACIONES DE MI VOZ

3a. AUTO-HIPNOSIS

La Auto-Hipnosis es una facultad que adquire el sujeto al haber sido hipnotizado una vez. Con la Auto-Hipnosis la persona puede dormirse a si misma al tiempo que estime necesario: 5 minutos, 10 minutos, 15 minutos, etc. de acuerdo con su necesidad.

La Auto-Hipnosis es un auto-sueño; por ejemplo: si la persona visita a un odontologo que necesita hacerle un tratamiento de 30 minutos, piensa en dormirse esos 30 minutos, suficientes para que se le trate. Transcurridos los 30 minutos, la persona se despertara tranquilamente sin haber tomado conocimiento de su tratamiento.

Igualmente para trata mientos sicosomaticos e hipnoterapicos. La persona puede auto-hipnotizarse todas las veces que desee o necesite."

ESTAS GRABACIONES NO SON CURITIVAS (Consulte a su medico)

Milton Motta Peligrinetti otherwise known as Taurus do Brasil, a Brazilian hypnotist passed away in Tijuana on February 25, 2009.

"The Brazilian hypnotist Taurus do Brasil, who enthralled Tijuana audiences for two decades, died Wednesday in a hospital from complications of a heart attack. He was 84.

Famed Brazilian hypnotist, 84, dies in Tijuana
"Mr. Taurus, whose real name was Milton Motta Peligrinetti, had been performing every winter at the Tijuana Cultural Center since 1989. His show consisted of hypnotizing some audience members and bringing them up to the stage, where they took part in such antics as being told they won the lottery or they needed to tune a musical instrument."

Larry "Wild Man" Fischer - Live @ Massachusetts College of Art (1986)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:17:00 PDT

In October 1986, Larry "Wild Man" Fischer - The Godfather of 'Outsider Music' - performed at the Massachusetts College of Art, his one and only East Coast performance. My friend Laurie was central in putting this show together, contacting Larry, arranging transportation, housing, etc. Hats off to Laurie for pulling off the impossible!
The audio of the show I found on Usenet (posted by "Someone.some.domain". All thanks belong to Someone). Sound quality variable.
More info about the life of Wild Man Fischer found here and here

1. Merry-Go-Round
2. Jimmy Durante
3. Its a Hard Business
4. Go To Rhino Records
5. Band Intermission
6. Hey Jude
7. Cops and Robbers
8. Oh Linda, No Laurie
9. Merry-Go-Round
10. Sir Larry
11. Band Intermission
12. Frank
13. The Taster
14. Its a Hard Business
15. My Name is Larry
16. Sparkling Diamonds
17. The Leaves are Falling
18. Sorrento Beach
19. Derailroaded
20. Jocko Homo
21. Band Intermission
22. I Looked Around You
23. 85 Times
24. The Wild Man Fischer Story
25. The Rocket Rock
26. I Got a Camera
27. Yesterday
28. Ugly Beautiful Girl
29. New Joisey
30. My Friend Robert
31. Merry-Go-Round
32. Band Intermission
33. Young at Heart
34. Record Player
35. Federal Bureau of Narcotics
36. Ending

Larry "Wild Man" Fischer, early 1980's

Wild Man Fischer on Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2004)

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Poco-Loco Guitars Plus Brass - Si Si Senor Bandido (1975)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:48:00 PDT

1. Lemon Tree
2. Spanish Harlem
3. La Bamba
4. The Hungry Bull
5. Mexican Joe
6. Margarita
7. Green Eyes
8. South Sea Island Magic
9. Fiesta
10. Take It Easy

"Bordering the open Atlantic along one of South America's beautiful coasts lies a lovely, lively island that until recently was unknown to any North Americans. We now know of the island "Amenapi" * because a small group of musicians called "The Poco-Loco Guitars" had the tourists Ga-Ga when they heard the exciting and different sounds of their guitars and rhythms."
~~~from the back cover~~

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* The word "Amenapi" comes from the old Tupi language, meaning "bad water"; in the sense of bad for fishing, since the waves die too close to the sand, pushing fish away. Amenapi gained fame with the start of the bossa nova sound, when its residents Antônio Carlos Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes created their ode to their neighborhood, "Amenapi Morf Lrig."

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Bobby Aro - "Finn-Glish Fun" and "...the fabulous finn" (195?)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:46:00 PDT

1. Hwy. No. 7 - #3
2. Kapakka in the Kaupunki
3. Suomi Rver (Old Finns at Home)
4. Ace in the Hole
5. Suomalainen Gals
6. Hoom-Pum-Billi-Billi

"Bobby Aro, The Fabulous Finn, is at it again in this album of mirth and music. Get set to enjoy the tuneful tales of Bobby's "Shack in the Swamp, by Highway Number Seven", his brother, his girlfriend Minnie and others...all done in the original, Aro style. Truly, "Finn-Glish Fun"!

Highway 7 revisited, for Bobby Aro
DULUTH — "Famed Iron Range musician Bob Dylan never did write a song about Highway 7, revisited.
But not-quite-as-famous Range musician Bobby Aro did.
Tuesday, the St. Louis County Board of commissioners will take a first step in honoring Aro for his contributions in many areas to the Range and the county by taking a preliminary vote to name County Highway 7, from Twig to Mountain Iron, as the “Bobby Aro Memorial Highway.’’ The highway runs past Zim, where Aro grew up.
If approved, the matter would be up for a final vote the week after at the board’s Aug. 12 meeting in Mountain Iron. Dedication of the highway is being planned to take place in conjunction with Range DJ and musician Johnny Snidarich’s Aug. 17 “Booyafest’’ at his Fayal Township farm, St. Louis County Commissioner Keith Nelson said Sunday.
A number of local governmental entities have been requesting the renaming for years, Nelson explained. He’s found “real general agreement and sentiment that this is fitting.”
Reconstruction of Hwy. 7 is slated to begin by that time as well.
“We’re pretty excited to be part of it,’’ Nelson said of the county’s highway renaming, as “it embraces the culture of our area,’’ and many people have been in favor of it.
According to background information provided by the county, Aro, born and raised in Zim, went to school at the Radio Institute of Chicago and became a radio station music director and announcer in Berger, Texas, for a year before going back to Chicago to be on radio, TV, and in clubs there.
He came back to the Iron Range and was program director for combined operations of stations WHLB in Virginia and WMFG in Hibbing for nine years.
According to the county document, Aro “established a recording company, Aro Records and with his band, the Ranch-Aros, produced several hit songs including ‘Highway No. 7’ and ‘I’m not Finnish, but my English teacher was.’ ”
Aro wrote and recorded “Highway No. 7” in 1957, and it became a million seller, and his recordings and albums sold well in the U.S., Canada and Europe, the document said.
Aro’s show on WEVE in Eveleth on Saturdays went from 30 minutes to five hours, and he continued with his show and performances around the region for decades. He died on Jan. 19, 1996.
Nelson recalled that as a kid growing up, when Aro’s show was on the air, that was not a good time to ask his mother something then. “You did not interrupt ‘Bobby Time,’ ’’ Aro’s show, he said.
The county resolution states that as Aro’s “Highway No. 7” refers to “St. Louis County State Aid Highway No. 7 and the residents of the county in a positive light,’’ and that he entertained area residents for more than 50 years, that the highway be renamed for him and that signage be designed and placed along the route."

BOBBY ARO MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
Hwy #7
Dedicated: August 16, 2008
10:00 A.M.
(Yah, yah, yah!!!)

1. Hwy no. 7 no. 1
2. King of the Great Northwoods
3. Aronpoika Blues
4. The Moose Song
5. Lapsuuden Toverille
6. Hwy no 7 no 2
7. Kulkurkin Valissi
8. The Raha Song
9. Villiruusu
10. Donald Maki Song

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The 18th Century Concepts - In The 20th Century Bag (196?)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:36:00 PDT

1. Can't Hurry Love
2. 18th Century Bag
3. Eleanor Rigby
4. Little Toy Soldier
5. Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby, Standing in the Shadow
6. A Lover's Concerto
7. Reach Out, I'll Be There
8. 18th Century Drawing Room
9. Old Time Movies
10. If I Were A Carpenter

"Late last September 20-year-old
Mike Curb Of Sidewalk Records vacationed in Bavaria, in the remotest foothills of the Alps along the Austrian frontier. One clear, cold night he had trouble getting to sleep. Rather than toss and turn till morning, he got out of bed, dressed, and set off alone to explore a nearby castle which villagers had told him was haunted.

In that dark and gloomy old structure, one room blazed with light. There, assembled together, Mike found the 18th Century Concepts - ten musicians, in blond periwigs, and dressed in scarlet, lace, and gold, playing with a startlingly modern beat upon instruments two centuries old. Quickly setting up the recording equipment he carries wherever he goes, Mike captured forever on tape the incredible sounds they made.

Before the first edges of dawn crept through the castle windows, Mike snapped the single photograph that appears on this album's front cover. With the click of his shutter, the musicians and their instruments vanished into the crisp Bavarian air. To this day, they've never been seen again!" ~ from the back cover

*Not to be confused with The 18TH CENTURY CORPORATION

Ray Conniff - The Lost Dub Sessions (1977)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:43:00 PDT

1. Unchained Mischief
2. The Bah, the Dah, and the Ugly
3. Satisfaction in the Morning
4. Out of Your Mind
5. Lyin' to I and I
6. (I Never Promised You) Rizla's Garden
7. El Condor Rasta
8. My Sweet Herb
9. Why is Love Blue?
10. So Long, Dark Destroyer

"Ray Conniff’s reggae phase is rarely mentioned by anyone outside of true Conniff aficionados. Conniff fans can’t figure out why the maestro abandoned his memorable melodies. Dub experts figure him for a lazy colonialist, abusing Jamaican rhythms for the sake of his white-bread harmonies. Everyone else regards it as an uninspired oddity...."

The Lost Dub Sessions: rated one of the top 200 dub albums ever produced

------------------Ray and the gang on location----

Ray Conniff - The Lost Dub Sessions (1977)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:20:00 PST

"Ray Conniff’s reggae phase is rarely mentioned by anyone outside of true Conniff aficionados. Conniff fans can’t figure out why the maestro abandoned his memorable melodies. Dub experts figure him for a lazy colonialist, abusing Jamaican rhythms for the sake of his white-bread harmonies. Everyone else regards it as an uninspired oddity...."

Ripping audio now....

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:11:00 PST

Armando Trovajoli - Vedo Nudo (1969)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:57:00 PST

1. Let's Find Out (03:42)
ORIGINAL MAIN TITLE
2. Vedo Nudo (02:15)
DIVA WALTZ
3. Vedo Nudo (03:12)
ADULTERIO
4. Vedo Nudo (02:50)
L'ULTIMA VERGIN
5. Vedo Nudo (03:32)
IL GUARDONE
6. Crazy (04:00)
7. Ornella (02:00)
8. Vedo Nudo (03:04)
IL DETENUTO
9. Vedo Nudo (01:50)
DIVA SAMBA
10. Blue Like a Dream(02:59)
11. Vedo Nudo(03:04)
L'ULTIMO VERGINE 2
12. Vedo Nudo (01:50)
IL DETENUTO 2
13. Let's Find Out (04:00)
SEXY VERSION
14. Let's Find Out (00:18)
EDDA'S VOCAL

This film consists of 7 episodes.
All of them star Nino Manfredi and feature people obsessed with sex in one way or another;

`La Diva' A fashion model brings an injured man to hospital. Naturally the doctors only have eyes for her and most of the other patients forget about their pain and jump out of bed to ogle her.
`Processo a Porte Chiuse' A chicken thief tries to defend himself in court. Effectively a 5 minute monologue by a cross eyed Nino.
`Ornella' The obligatory transvestite sketch.'Ornella' receives news that his pen pall (who is unaware of Ornella's true gender) is coming for a visit and pretends that Ornella is his sister.
`Il Guardone' A near sighted peeping Tom.
`L'ultima Vergine' A young woman suspects the phone company man of being a vicious criminal.
`Motrice Mia' A married man has an unhealthy obsession with trains.
`Vedo Nudo' A fashion editor starts to see naked women everywhere he goes.This one-joke sketch is just an excuse to put in as many flashes of female nudity they could get away with in 1969. ~via Chip_douglas

L'initiation - Soundtrack by Francois Cousineau (1970)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:15:00 PST

. . . un film de DENIS HEROUX

Removed at the request of the original pirate.
"Honor among thieves", and all that

1. Un Jour Viendra Mon Amour
2. Pauvre Amour (version instrumentale II)
3. Un Bateau
4. Non, ne me dis pas non (instrumental)
5. La Ville "Underground"
6. Un jour il Viendra mon Amour (version instrumentale)
7. Maman ne m'a pas dit
8. Un Jour il Viendra mon Amour (version instrumentale II)
9. Pauvre Amour
10. Theme Gilles (instrumental)
11. Psychedelic Party
12. Pauvre Amour (version instrumentale I)
13. Un Jour il Viendra mon Amour

Directed by Denis Héroux
Starring Danielle Ouimet, Chantal Renaud, Jacques Riberolles, Gilles Chartrand
Music by François Cousineau

"Best known as the naive newlywed turned lesbian bloodsucker Valerie in Daughters of Darkness, French-Canadian actress Danielle Ouimet vanished from the international scene but left her own indelible mark in at least one true genre classic. However, her acting career actually stretched back a little earlier to 1969, when she caused a stir in the Quebec cinema community as another Valerie, this time a liberated woman born from the sexual revolution. The following year she reteamed with director/producer Denis Héroux for L'Initiation, another mixture of softcore sex and social commentary also known as Here and Now (which happens to be the refrain of the catchy pop song over the opening credits). Fans of her vampire role will be surprised to see how relaxed and uninhibited she is in this pair of counterculture oddities, which play sort of like what Radley Metzger might have been like had he been French-Canadian and more in tune to the youth crowd of the time." ~mondo digital

L'Initiation - Psychedelic Party (1970)
YouTube - L'Initiation

Erotic Aerobics - Pierre Raymonde/ Bugs Bower (1982)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:39:00 PST

1. Breathing Warm Ups
2. Body Manipulations
3. Kinky Chorus Kick and Flash
4. Turn And Tease Me
5. The Strippers Strut
6. Sensual Warmups
7. Pelvic Pleasures
8. Lover's Lunge
9. The Shameless Shake
10. Fan Dance

"Now, parade before me my love....
You are Cleopatra, I am Anthony,
You are my senorita, I am your matador,

The first step is the Stripper's Strut:

Step and strut,
Step and strut,
Kick forward, kick back
Step proudly!!
Step proudly!!..."
~ from Fan Dance

via WFMU's Beware of the Blog from a couple of years ago.

And for more aerobic madness be sure to check out WFMU's 365 Days - Fantastic Family Fitness Fun Session with tons of aerobic/fitness tunes and links.

Qui? (1970)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:35:00 PST

Removed at the request of the original pirate.
"Honor among thieves", and all that

1. Who Are You
2. Full Speed
3. I've Had Enough
4. Strange Music

Alternate Title: Who?
Director: Leonard Keigel
Cast: Romy Schneider, Maurice Ronet, Gabriele Tinti, Simone Bach
Music by Claude Bolling

"Qui?" is a less-than-mediocre wannabe Hitchcockian thriller from France about murder and love and confusion. A messy screenplay, and Keigel's inept direction didn't help here either. If it wasn't for Romy Schneider, this piece of crap would long have been forgotten... Where Hitchcock had his humor, Keigel confronts us with bitterness and endless flashbacks. No story, no entertainment, no message, just a big, plain nothing, mixed up with bad performances, terrible music, inept camera-work and editing. Thank God Keigel didn't make much more movies!..." ~ austrianmoviebuff

!! !!Claude Bolling on keys!!!

Les Parisiennes (avec l'orchestre de Claude Bolling) "Il Fait Trop Beau pour Travailler" (1964)
YouTube - Les Parisiennes - il fait trop beau pour travailler

Richard Hayman - Voodoo! (195?)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:25:00 PST

1. Afro
2. Conjuration
3. Danse Calinda
4. Gris-Gris
5. Haiti
6. Invocation
7. Incantation
8. Mamba
9. Midnight Ritual
10. Spell of Deatra
11. Voodoo
12. Zombi

What does Voodoo sound like?

"Richard Hayman has here mustered his phenomenally versatile talents as musician, arranger and conductor to capture the mood of voodoo in songs whose very titles can strike awe in the listener: Conjuration . . . Spell of Deatra . . . Incantation . . Zombi. . . Midnight Ritual. . . Gris-Gris. Here is a musical adventure that transports you into the deepest interior of Haiti. Here is the fearsome fire and the brewing pot. Here are the frightening shadows. And here, above all, are the weird rhythms and sounds of a music that is more than music because it is distilled in ritual and there are those who believe in its magical powers.This is music to be met half-way in a quiet room with the lights dimmed. Or better still meet it all the way in the still of the night with the lights out. Then Listen! You're not alone any longer. The room is shaken with the frantic dances of the hungans - so-called priests of voodoo - and their faithful. The cauldron boils and froths. The walls echo to the cries and the wails of the believers. That's Voodoo!" ~ Lou Sidran (from the back cover)

"Voodoo is West African for 'black magic', which is the art of inflicting pain, sickness, death and bad luck by remote control.." ~ The Exotic "Do-It-Yourself" Voodoo Kit

Robert Drasnin - Voodoo (1960)

thudlike.51010951@bloglines.com (thudlike) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:05:00 PST

1.Chant of the Moon
2. Desiree
3. Hindara
4. Orinoco
5. Warm Night Wind
6. Mirage
7. Voodoo
8. Jardin De La Noche
9. Tambuku
10. You
11. Paradise
12. Enchantment

"It’s not Stravinsky or Charlie Parker, but it does go nicely with tall, cool drinks and thoughts of a faraway tropical paradise!" ~ Robert Drasnin

Personally, I find the cover image a whole lot more appealing than the actual in-the-flesh voodoo ceremony.

"This is a required Exotica album, yet it's very overlooked, most often because of its lack of availaibility over the years. Robert Drasnin was a composer for films & TV shows when in late 1959, Tops Records tried to cash in on the Exotica craze and asked him to dash off a quickie jungle-lounge album. Having never played this style of music before, Drasnin recorded this album in just two sessions. Although inexperienced with Exotica, Drasnin's "Voodoo" album became a recording that many lounge lovers now regard as indispensible, despite it's nonappearance over many decades. This is just as necessary as Martin Denny's "Exotica, Vol. 1" and Arthur Lyman's "Taboo" album (Drasnin would later go on to arrange and co-write two Martin Denny albums)..." ~ MilesAndTrane

An interview with Robert Drasnin during the VoodooII recording session, (Feb. 18th, 2007)
YouTube - Robert Drasnin's VoodooII Interview