The Original Misty Hush With Murry Shiffrin - Tell Me Baby

Oddball pop rock from 1969 on Dynamite Records from "The Original Misty Hush (With Murray Shiffrin). I can't find any info. It sort of reminds me of Donnie & Joe Emerson...

The Original Misty Hush with Murry Shiffrin - Tell Me Baby

Dion - Purple Haze

Here is an odd little peice.

Dion of Dion and the Belmonts fame doing a little breezy psychedelic version of Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze.

After the break up of the Belmonts in 1968 and Dion moving to Florida to kick his herion addiction he recorded the "Abraham, Martin, and John," a #4 hit ballad tribute to Lincoln, King, and Kennedy. The follow-up, a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze" was a flop.


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Dion - Purple Haze

Bobby Cole - The Omen - Holly

Songs removed due to someones pussy having sand in it....

douche

Earth and Fire - Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Tonight

Ok, once again proving that everything and anything goes, here is a really strange cut by "Earth & Fire" minus the "Wind".

This a really odd track that sounds kind of like a psychedelic ABBA! Odd pounding tribal drums over effected heavy organ sounds, wah-wah guitar and a wild guitar solo that sounds if Yngwie himself were were playing, all over this kind of syrupy sweet vocal line and chorus = strange. The even stranger thing is is that i really dig it...

Not sure what that says about me. But take a listen and tell me what you think...

i may just be out of my mind on this one....

Anywho, this was a Hit in the Netherlands where these guys and gal were from which accounts for some of the oddity here i would assume.

This hit #7 in NL and was their 7th Top 10 Hit in NL....
Started in 1967 with twin Brothers Chris (Guitar) and Gerard (Keyboards) Koerts, Hans Ziech (Bass) and Hans Kalis as a group called "Opus Gainfull" also female singer "Manuela Berloth" was in the band at this point but became sick at the beginning of 1969... They changed the name of their band to "Earth & Fire" and Jerney Kaagman was added as the new singer, who apparently is now a judge on the Dutch version of "American Idol"...

Earth and Fire - Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Tonight

Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren - Goodness Gracious Me! - Grandpa's Grave

Ok here's a Little oddball i picked up for a mere 25 cents last weekend at the flea market. Not really the type of stuff i listen to all the time but i thought odd enough to share. It Looks like this was a #4 hit in the UK back in 1960.

I'm sending the flip Grandpa's Grave out to Blues for the Red Boy for his love of all things kooky and spooky and while its not the typical "Horror" or "Monster" 45 i think he'll get a kick out of it as i don't think he's heard it yet??? Hmmm, red boy?

I'll be away for the 4th of July weekend so enjoy these little kooks until i get back!

Cheers!

Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren - Goodness Gracious Me!

Peter Sellers - Grandpa's Grave

Johnny Wakelin & The Kinshasa Band - Black Superman - Muhammad Ali

ok, i had way too many beers last night at band practice but i'm up bright and early this morning and already at work getting ready for my 5 hour meeting today (Ugh!) & it looks like it's going to be another beautiful day here on the east coast so please check out & enjoy this odd little nugget and story....

Oh, yeah and if your in the area and fancy some hard guitar driven rock n' roll, pony on up to the Brighton Bar in Long Branch, NJ tomorrow where yours truly will be weilding the 1959 Les Paul TV Yellow Special and laying down some think & heavy riffs with my band Solace! Speacial guests, The Shame Club & Angels of Meth: (not for the faint of heart) Thanks & Cheers!

Singer Johnny Wakelin traversed the oddest of paths from the seaside cabarets of Brighton, to the top of the British charts. An unassuming, mustachioed white gentleman with a droll humor that sat well within his taste for R&B, reggae, and African rhythms, Wakelin was one of the more surprising of Britain's entries into the mid-'70s disco movement. His hits, after all, might have condemned him to be remembered as a mere novelty artist, but he was also capable of some surprisingly effective rhythm and beat. Discovered by Pye Records producer Robin Blanchflower, the man who launched Carl Douglas to the top of the charts with "Kung Fu Fighting," and working with Steve Elson and Keith Rossiter in addition to Branchflower, Wakelin set about writing songs that would, he hoped, "catch people's eye." His first release did just that, diving into the socio-political arena by way a tribute to boxer Muhammad Ali, "Black Superman (Muhammad Ali)"; the pugilist was making his much-heralded comeback at the time, and "Black Superman" effortlessly rode the wave of attendant interest. Credited to Johnny Wakelin & the Kinshasa Band, the song appeared in late 1974 and, by January 1975, was making its U.K. chart debut. The catchy tune would eventually peak at number seven in Britain, while it reached number one in Australia and spent a staggering six months in the U.S. charts. 1975 brought a further single, "Cream Puff," backed by "Gotta Keep on Going"; it flopped, but both songs would be incorporated into Wakelin's March 1976 LP debut, Reggae, Soul & Rock'N'Roll. Abandoning the Kinshasa Band, Wakelin returned to Muhammad Ali for his next release, and promptly scored another major hit single in July, 1976. "In Zaire," replaying the famous "Rumble in the Jungle" fight, surpassed its predecessor, climbing to a stunning U.K. number four. And, while it was to prove Wakelin's last hit, the remainder of the 1970s would be just as fruitful for him, on a musical level, at least. The next three years brought a further three albums to the racks, African Man, Double Trouble and Golden Hour, respectively. All were accompanied by a fresh crop of singles, including the radio hit "Africa Man" in 1976, "Afro Afrique" and "Doctor Frankenstein's Disco Party" in 1977, and "Lay down and Rock Me" in 1978. Wakelin continues to write and perform in England.

Johnny Wakelin & The Kinshasa Band - Black Superman - Muhammad Ali

Third Rail - No Return

Going to get back to the muisc...

Today i give you 2 minuets of Psychedelic Car Crash Horror!!!

NO RETURN!!!

Here's some info but it's really not that important as this completely insane odd ball of a cut stands pretty goood all on its own....

The Third Rail were a studio-only group (although they did play one show in Cincinnati), comprised of the unlikely trio of Artie Resnick, his wife Kris Resnick, and Joey Levine. Artie Resnick was a Brill Building veteran who had co-written the Drifters' "Under the Boardwalk" and the Rascals' "Good Lovin'," while Levine was a teenager who had done a bit of recording and played in some local New York bands. They did do a full album, Id Music, as well as a few other singles, in an odd and oft-awkward blend of late Brill Building-period pop-rock, early bubblegum, psychedelia, and trendily socially relevant lyrics, usually featuring Levine's high youthful vocals. After the Third Rail dissolved following their last single in 1968, all three of the members played leading roles in early bubblegum rock. Joey Levine had a hit with "Yummy Yummy Yummy," on which he sang, though it was credited to the Ohio Express, and all of them became staff songwriter/producers for Kasenetz & Katz Associates.

Third Rail - No Return

Pabst Blue Ribbon - 1958 Song

I love past blue ribbon. In fact I am drinking one right now: Still can't find it in bottles in my neck of the New Jersey woods though...

I used to love driving up the Garden State Parkway when i was a kid and see the Pabst plant with it's giant Pabst bottle on top. That plant is now long since gone and defunct. Who would have thought that many year later that same young boy would have drunk thousands of said beer...



I'm sending this one out to my blog pal over at "I'm Learning to Share" for his love of all things oddball & kitch.... I doubt many people will have much use for this but it's cool to atleast listen to once or twice... and as i said before, "eclectic"...
man, i love that word.

Picked this acetate up at a yard sale years ago and could never really understand what the hell they were going to do with this thing, i mean it's more than just a jingle is a whole song about PBR! Clocking in at over 4 mins long this is about triple what a regular song being played on the radio back then would have clocked in at...

So tell me, what were they going to do with this thing???

Enjoy some PBR!



og post date: 2/19/08

Pabst Blue Ribbon - 1958 Song

The New Birth - Got to Get a Knutt

File this under WTF?

A little funky guitar intro, some drum fills, some raging horns, some James Brown screams and then into a 70's TV show theme song type thing ala "The Love Boat" repeat, then breakdown and goof on TV commercials of the day and end with mock sex sounds of females moaning, males grunting that ends with some snoring... and a "someones breath stinks"....

Kooky!

and WTF is a Knutt...????

these cats were on some good weed....

The New Birth – Got to Get a Knutt