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Witches Brouhaha
Janie Jones, I hear you say. Where do I know that name from? Didn’t the Clash have a song called Janie Jones?Yes they did, and this is the very Janie Jones they sang about, and who they – and a couple...
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It's Time To Swing 'n' Slim
Who doesn’t love a good advertising record?Trimettes, which enjoyed their heyday around 1963/64 were biscuits, available in three flavours, lemon & Chocolate, Orange or Cheese, which dieters were...
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Touched By the Hand of Cicciolina
Today's post was inspired by the rather wonderful Mr. Weird and Wacky. Blame him!Immortalised by Pop Will Eat Itself (and Eurotrash), Elena Anna “Ilona” Staller – Cicciolina – is a former member of the...
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Pipes of Peace
What can we say about Liberace that has not been said before? Not much, to be honest. The saccharine-sweet ivory tinkler is a bit much for me, fascinating though he is/was. But he's one of those...
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Baby Baby Baby Baby
Today’s terrible tune comes courtesy of drummer Martin Samuel, the former sticksman for the late 60s/early 70s pop/rock band Heat wave (not to be confused with the mid 70’s Brit disco band Heatwave),...
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Bittersweet Sinfonia
Although I seldom post about novelty records there have been one or two notable exceptions over the years. This is one of those records that always makes me laugh, and I think its about time I shared...
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I'm Your Puppet
Today’s horror is the 1961 offering from disgraced talent show host and right-wing megalomaniac Hughie Green, The Puppet Song and The Valley Of Peppermint SpringsGreen will always be remembered for...
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Ohh Betty!
It’s not often that I post novelty records, but once in a while something comes along that just has to be shared – as is the case with Les Dennis and The Imagination Game.I have to admit, I knew not of...
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Well and Truly Plastered
You’ll recall in my last blog post I mentioned Dustin Gee, the former comedy partner of Les Dennis, and his 1976 album Plastered With the Pink Elephant. To be honest, I thought I had posted tracks from...
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Can Ken Cope? Ken Can!
Kenneth Cope is the much-loved actor who people of a certain age will remember fondly for playing the role of dead detective Marty Hopkirk in the cult TV show Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased), which...
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Pass the Bottle
I’m on holiday for a week from tomorrow; no doubt I’ll be scouring the charity shops of the tip of Cornwall in hope of finding some more strange, obscure and downright awful noise for you all. When I...
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Let's Stick Together
A peculiar little song-poem/vanity hybrid for you today, originally unearthed many years ago by fellow blogger Bob Purse. Scotch Tape/Close to You, credited to Lana Johnidas and the Swinging Strings,...
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The Odd Couple
C&W, issued in 1977, was the only album from actress, singer, dancer, and comedian Carol Channing (who sadly died earlier this year just a couple of weeks shy of her 98th birthday) and Webb Pierce,...
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I'll have a P Please Bob
The Lettermen are an American male close-harmony vocal trio that has been performing since 1959, and making records since 1961.The group’s line-up has changed many times over their 60-year history, but...
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Mel Torment
I believe that there is a special place in hell for crooners, jazzers and the terminally unhip with the temerity to attempt ‘smooth’ covers of pop and rock songs, especially those from the flower power...
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Looking... Talking... Looking again
A very recent purchase this, it only arrived on Wednesday, but it’s one I needed to share with you ASAP.Released by VEL records of Chicago in 1975, the two sides of Lavon Lambeth’s 7”, Looking At...
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You Bet Your Bippy
Just over a year ago I introduced you, via Bob at Dead Wax, to the amazing Mrs. Lila F. Daniels, also known as Lila Winton Daniels, but recognised professionally as Lillay Deay.At that time I only had...
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Good Morning Good Evening
Regular readers of this blog will know that I love advertising records. I’ve featured a few over the years, including the wonderful Trimettes slimming aids disc back in January, and here’s another for...
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Elvis... From Beyond the Grave
Issued just two years after he died, The Elvis Presley Séance has to be one of the most bizarre Elvis-related albums of all time – and the most tasteless. The album, released to coincide with the...
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The Sad Story of the Ponderosa Twins
Family groups often go through the mill, and often at the hands of their overbearing parents or management (or both), but if you thought the Jacksons had it bad with their horrific father wait until...
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