Heino und Jerry im Über Space

Queen Bee ~ Captain Beefheart/Howlin' Wolf ~ Live in Liverpool (1971)

noreply@blogger.com (thudlike) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:31:00 PDT

Queen Bee Beefheart/Howlin' Wolf ~ Live in Liverpool (1971)

Captain Beefheart/Howlin' Wolf ~ Live in Liverpool (1971)

noreply@blogger.com (thudlike) — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 03:48:00 PDT

Captain Beefheart/Howlin' Wolf ~ Live in Liverpool (1971)

Shaped Like Jelly

With a booming voice and looming physical presence, (6 feet, 6 inches and close to 300 pounds ) "no one could match Howlin' Wolf (Chester Arthur Burnett) for the singular ability to rock the house down to the foundation while simultaneously scaring its patrons out of its wits." He writhed, moaned, climbed up draperies, pounded on posts, rolled on the floor...

His influence stretched far beyond the realm of the blues. He frequently appeared at blues and rock festivals in the late '60s and early '70s - playing with newer artists of the time, such as Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, and Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart).

Van Vliet, though he always denied it, was heavily influenced by the Wolf's vocal stylings.

In a twist of fate, these two giants crossed paths one electric evening in 1971, exchanging howls and harmonica squeals to the delight of the crowd.

Aqua String Band ~ Irish Favorites ~ Best of the Mummers

noreply@blogger.com (thudlike) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:38:00 PDT

"You don't have to be from the Emerald Isle to be taken in by Aqua's Magnificent Interpretation of these great Irish Standards, which makes this an album that will be truly enjoyed by all."

1. Harrigan
2. It's a Great Day For the Irish
3. Mother Machree
4. When Erin Smiles Upon You
5. Why Oh Why Do I Wish (That I Could Be Irish)
6. Peg O' My Heart
7. The Daughter of Rosie O'Grady
8. Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)
9. Irish Washerwoman
10. My Wild Irish Rose
11. When An Irishman Says I Love You
12. Danny Boy

"Every year on New Year's Day through rain, wind or sleet for 90 odd years throngs of people line the sidewalks of Broad Street in Philadelphia to see the Extravaganza called the Philadelphia Mummers Parade. The parade consists of Comic Clubs, Fancy Costume Clubs and most important The String Bands.

Aqua String Band New Year's Day Performance (2012):
"Hay Fever"

The Aqua String Band is the oldest continuously marching String Band on Broad Street.
The Band was organized on April 2, 1920 by Elmer W. Leyrer and Fred J. Kesel, Sr. and incorporated into the String Band Association in 1945. Kesel introduced the glockenspeil (bells) to string bands, which has now become a signature and defining sound.

The name “Aqua” is a reflection on the life and times of the United States during the Band's birth. Latin for the word water, "Aqua" was chosen as an ironic reference to the then raging controversy over Prohibition.

The band has never missed a Mummers' Parade since the time they first stepped onto "The Street". Aqua holds the record for the highest points ever scored in the New Year's Day Parade with a 99.9 from their First Place finish in 1960.

noreply@blogger.com (thudlike) — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 10:04:00 PDT

Heino Resurrected

Bill McKee ~ Reveals SATAN'S Plan, Purpose, & Progress (1977)

noreply@blogger.com (thudlike) — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:29:00 PDT

"Because of messages like these a Satan priest warned Bill that a curse would be placed on him. But one of the two witches assigned to the task received Christ. Bill has seen demonic forces first hand.

Having been attacked by a Satan worshipper, that incident and his deliverence is included on this album. As a missionary in the orient and here in the states he has seen people possessed and enslaved. He shares these and other gripping accounts.

His conversations with a former high ranking Satanist have given him insights very few have.

Bill feels if we are to know victory we must know our enemy and his stategies. Ignorance is Satan's playground.

In these last days, Satan has dropped his disguises and is like a roaring lion out to rage and destroy ... This album can help you win."

the Kastles ~ This I Find is Beautiful (1978)

noreply@blogger.com (thudlike) — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:46:00 PST

1. This I Find is Beautiful
2. Now
3. Life is What You Make It
4. Feelin' Good
5. Lady Bug
6. I Am
7. What Color is a Man
8. The Greatest Story
9. Love is Everywhere
10. The Desiderata

Jack Kastle---vocals and executive producer
Jill Kastle---vocals, bass and piano
Kris Kastle---vocals and drums
Greg Kastle---spoken word

Several people have pulled this album from my stacks in recent weeks, asking me about it for various, coincidental reasons. I had to explain to them - this album is one of my all time personal favorites. It sounds a bit like song-poem maestro Rodd Keith, with existential lyrics conceivably written by by Alan Watts
.

"NOW has always been and NOW will always be the place of true perfection in false reality. NOW's mistakes are lessons, each mistake a friend. For they they teach us NOW to not make them again.."

"As we began recording, "This I Find is Beautiful" just happened to develop in an exceptionally sensitive manner---so that's what we decided to call our first album. "Now", "I Am", and "The Greatest Story" were all written by a close friend of ours in California and express some great new thoughts. "Nlow" is preceded by a quotation from Living Without Fear by Ernest Holmes. Kris sings the rock song "Life is What You Make It". Jill sings "Lady bug", a song that expresses St. Paul's thoughts when he said that the creation waits with eager longing for its adoption bu the Sons of God. "Feelin, Good" expresses just that and Jack and greg Kastle team up to present "What Color is a Man?". "Love is Everywhere" is a John Denver song and we close the album with the philosophical "The desiderata" which concludes with "AMEN!"

Alfons Bauer and the Bavarian Entertainers ~ Music of the German Alps

noreply@blogger.com (thudlike) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:25:00 PST

side one
A1. Einleitung - (Introduction)
Gleissentaler-Schottisch (Schottische from Gleissental)
A2. Wenn Ich Jodle Bin Ich Glucklich (I'm Happy When I'm Yodeling)
A3. Landlergrusse - (Greetings from the Alps)
A4. Auf Der Hutt'n Doa Geht's Zua - (A Row at the Inn)
A5. Trompeten-Echo - (Trumpet Echo)
A6. Grusse Aus Bayrischzell - (Greetings from Bayrischzell)
A7. Mi Jukt's Mi Zukt's - (I'm Itching and Twitching)
A8. Der Klarinettenmuckel - (The Boy with the Clarinet)
A9. Vom Tiroler Land - (Tyrolean Song)
A10. Schneidig Voran - (Marching Ahead)
A11. Ein Strausschen Edelweiss (A Bunch of Edelweiss)#1
A12. Ein Strausschen Edelweiss (A Bunch of Edelweiss)#2
A13. Ein Strausschen Edelweiss (A Bunch of Edelweiss)#3
A14. Waldmunchner Polka - (Polka from Waldmunchen)

side two
B1. Einleitung - Introduction
Fockerstoaner-Schuhplattler - (Country Dance from Fockerstein)
B2. Der Kuckuck Im Wald - (The Cuckoo in the Forest)
B3. Bayrischzell
B4. Rund Um Salzburg - (Around Salzburg)
B5. Mei Hoamatl Hab I Im Zillertal Drin - (My Home is in Zillertal)
B6. Auf Der Aum - (On the Alpine Pastures)
B7. Am Bergerl Da Steh'n Zwoa Tannabam - (Two fir-trees on the Hill)
B8. Seewirtspolka - (The Innkeeper on the Lake
B9. Liebesjodler - (Yodeling of Love)
B10. Weiss Blau - (White and blue)
B11. Zwischen Munchen und Den Bergen - (Between Munich and the Mountains)
B12. Karntner Liedermarsch (Songs of Carinthia) #1
B13. Karntner Liedermarsch (Songs of Carinthia) #2
B14. Karntner Liedermarsch (Songs of Carinthia) #3
B15. Karntner Liedermarsch (Songs of Carinthia) #4

"Capitol's Music of the German Alps is as authentic as music can be. Alfons Bauer not only plays his Bavarian zither, he leads the dancers, singers and musicians in a generous - and enthusiastic - program of rollicking mountain melodies that includes superb yodeling, the unique sounds of the hackbrett and cowbells and the free-swinging atmosphere of the lederhosen-clad Bavarians as they stomp, prance, strut and whirl on the dance floor.
Viel Vergnugen!..."

Toni Praxmair and the Kiitzbuheler Nationalsanger: A Visit to the Austrian Tyrol

noreply@blogger.com (thudlike) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:18:00 PST

"HAPPY PANTS-SLAPPING, FOOT-STOMPING MUSIC OF THE ALPS!"

Toni Praxmair and the Kiitzbuheler Nationalsanger
featuring Maria Kaindl and Wastl Feller

side one
1. Pongauer Platter From a village near Salzberg comes this wild and boisterous, hand-clapping, thigh-slapping dance in 3/4 time.

2. Der Bayrische Gugg Another gay folk dance, this one in 2/4, with a little good-natured teasing between the boys and girls.

3. Prax-Platter Another "Schuh-plattler", named for leader Toni Praxmair.

4. Landler-Platter A yodeling song about a boy's hard day in the fields, followed by climbing in the window, Tyrol-fashion, but stays too late and has to cover his head to get home without being recognized.

5. Der Klarinettenmuggl (Clarinet Polka) The familiar mountain folk dance with two rippling clarinets to the fore.

6. Von Der Alm Da San Ms Gangen (Let's Go to the Meadow) With hand bells and a barnyard-full of noises the entire group invite us: "Let's go to the meadow where it's so beautiful; the cows, calves and goats don't want to stay in their stalls. Life in the meadow is most pleasing, for there I find love, and rest...The sheep and pigs are calling to us, and the goat is anxious to leap about; life in the meadow is most pleasing..."

side two
7. 'S Dirdndl is Jung Und Kloan "Even though the girl is young and pretty she has to do a lot of work- carry wood and kindling and love her boy friend. If she gets married he will give her money, build a house and give her lots of children. Wouldn't the girl like to go away to the convent? Only if it's full of boys, I do believe!"

8. Der Kuahtutenmuch A rollicking milking song by two of the boys, who yodel back and forth to each other in keenest competition.

9. I Bin Allweil Lustig "I'm always merry and gay; I sing and yodel because it pleases me. In the morning when I get up I begin with a shout, full of joy that I'm healthy, and that my cow and goat are too...Liserl in the woods - I love her so much I could go crazy; when I hear her merry singing I start to yodel for the joy in my soul."

10. Die Fruahjahrszeit "In spring at the beginning of the year, when the cuckoo calls, there are green meadows up in the mountains. As I yodel, down in the valley my boy friend can hear me, and he comes happily up to the meadows."

11. 'S Drindl Von Tux "The girl from Tux - when you touch her she jumps. When you ask her to dance, she says she already belongs to Franz...Down in Zillertal there's beer and there's wine; both wine and beer, but we never have to pay for it!..."

12. Zillertal, Du Bist Mei Freud "Zillertal, you are my joy. Your men are most brave; you have chamois to hunt and nice girls to go with. Brixntal, you are my life. Your lake is so beautiful, with wonderful fishing..."

HYPNOTIC RECORD (WITH METRONOME BACKGROUND) ~ (1963)

noreply@blogger.com (thudlike) — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:39:00 PST

Side A SELF-HYPNOSIS (WITH METRONOME BACKGROUND)

Side B GROUP HYPNOSIS (WITH METRONOME BACKGROUND)

Johnson Smith's Catalog was the fascination of many a poor lad. Whoopee cushions, X-Ray Spex, fake vomit. 'Darling pet monkeys' shipped live in a box to your door for only $18.95 !!

The hypnosis gadgets I always circled with Magic Marker, as they promised some sort of creepy, zombiefied, magical powers over others.

Check out Matbergman's Flikr photostream , pages from old Johnson Smith's Fun Catalogs!

This is a fresh rip from the 78 advertised......

The "Echo Chamber Background", is fascinating as promised. Despite the surface noise, (Side A has more scratches and pops than Side B), I found myself being lulled by the words and metronome.......

"Now, you should be completely relaxed, by sitting in a comfortable chair or by lying down on a couch. Stare at the spot. and concentrate on it as you listen intently to the lulling beat of the metronome that you hear on this record..."

"With every beat of the metronome you will become sleepier and sleepier.
Every beat of the metronome is making you sleepier and sleepier
Your eyes are becoming tired, very very tired
Your eyelids are heavy, very heavy......."

"Although you are in a deep, sound, hypnotic sleep, you can still hear my voice and you will carry out the post-hypnotic suggestion I am about to give you. . You will carry out the post-hypnotic suggestion I am about to give you..........."

Bavarian Yodeling Songs & Polkas (1975)

noreply@blogger.com (thudlike) — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:06:00 PST

1. I Am A Yodeling Girl
2. High on a Mountain Peak
3. Tavern in the Forest
4. Sunday Yodeling
5. Slap Happy in Gotzing
6. Green Mountain Yodeler
7. D'Ubermuetige Sahn
8. Bavarian Polka
9. De Gumpesel
10. Franzi Polka
11. Am Sami Si Hochzit
12. Kissing Polka

The Sound Symposium ~ Contemporary Composers Interpreted (1969)

noreply@blogger.com (thudlike) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:08:00 PST

1. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
2. Darling Be Home Soon
3. Medley: Respect/(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay
4. If I Were A Carpenter
5. Hey Jude
6. Don't Think Twice
7. Medley: Alfie/The Look Of Love
8. America
9. Medley: Honey/Little Green Apples
10. Mac Arthur Park

Some instrumental easy-listening for a gray, rainy Thursday...

"WITH THE RELEASE OF THEIR FIRST ALBUM LAST YEAR,
"PAUL SIMON INTERPRETED," (DLP25871) THE SOUND SYMPOSIUM QUICKLY ESTABLISHED ITSELF AS A MAJOR INTERPRETIVE FORCE IN MODERN AMERICAN MUSIC. THE KEY TO THE SOUND SYMPOSIUM SUCCESS MAY BE SUMMARIZED IN ONE WORD: SENSITIVITY. SENSITIVITY TO THE COMPOSER'S ORIGINAL INTENT FOR HIS MUSIC. HERE, IN THEIR SECOND OUTING, THE SOUND SYMPOSIUM LEND THEIR SENSITIVITY TO THIRTEEN TOP HITS OF RECENT YEARS, WITH SELECTIONS THAT REPRESENT MANY MILLIONS OF RECORD SALES."

The Rejects ~ The Average Way of Life

noreply@blogger.com (thudlike) — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 13:47:00 PST

1. The Average Way of Life *
2. If A Woman Answers
3. The Caribbean
4. Gold Mine in the Sky
5. Why Do You Hate Me
6. Pride
7. The Prisoner's Song
8. I Lost *
9. Darkest Hour *
10. East Bound Train
11. Glittering Steel
12. Don't Want You Around Anymore
13. Boy From Alabam
14. I Finally Won *

* Original Songs by Don Primus *

Number of Punk/Indie bands with the name 'The Rejects': 18,375 (and they all sound the same)

Number of Country bands with the name 'The Rejects': 1

Middling Country odes to all the Average Joes and Janes out there.
The tunes may be, how do you say, run-of-the-mill?, but the cover itself is extra-ordinary!

From the back of the album we learn that the former owner of this album actually met Gaylord Doremus!
"Meat Him in Nebraska at motel which we stayed et.."

We learn that the percussive heart of the band, Don Swanek, has "passed away"

One has to ask: How could the band continue without the powerhouse bass/drum, father/son duo?
What is John Paul Jones without John Bonham?
What is Sly without Robbie?

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The Fluegel Knights - One of Those Songs

noreply@blogger.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)

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

noreply@blogger.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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SUPERMAN - By The Supermen (1966)

noreply@blogger.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.....

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

noreply@blogger.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)

noreply@blogger.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?

noreply@blogger.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)

noreply@blogger.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!"

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

noreply@blogger.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)

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

noreply@blogger.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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Ray Conniff - The Lost Dub Sessions (1977)

noreply@blogger.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)

noreply@blogger.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....

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