Everything!

The Del Knights
Everything
Unart - 2008

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Found this at an estate sale last weekend. Good one!

"Aw Shucks" Go On Twist!

Tommy Willis and His Twisting Tomcats
Aw Shucks Go On Twist
Terry - 110


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Super obnoxious (in the good way) echo-drenched twist instro. LOVE the guitar break on this one!

Leotards

Royal Teens
Leotards
Mighty - 111
1958

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In keeping with the legwear theme...

Ha Ha Hee Hee Ho Ho Hum Hum

Maymie and Robert
Ha Ha Hee Hee Ho Ho Hum Hum
MGM - K12702
1958

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Be very careful when you hit that play button. This one will get stuck in your head for weeks!

Royal Lancers ask: "Is This The Plaaace?!?"

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Royal Lancers
Is This The Place
Rize - 102
195?
Wow, lucked into finding this one! Great, obnoxious rockabilly tune. I'd guess early fifties. Couldn't find much info on it. What the hell is this song about anyway?? Who cares! Truly epic...

I Want a Beatle for Christmas

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Becky Lee Beck
I Want a Beatle for Christmas
Challenge - 1144
From 1964 natch'...

Here Comes Fatty Clause

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Rudolph & the Gang
Here Comes Santa Clause
Yuletide 7233
1982
I first heard this song on the John Waters Christmas compilation CD a few years back and immediately identified with its anti holidy sentiment. This is a classic anthem for anyone who feels less than festive around this time a year. About a year ago, a very clean copy of this 45 came into my hands for a very reasonable price. Enjoy...
p.s. this track contains profanity, so skip it if you're easily offended.

McRecord

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McDonald's $1,000,000 Menu Song
Here's another cardboard record that McDonald's put out as part of a sweepstakes contest in 1988. Sadly, this is not the winning record. Also, this song is very annoying...

Soul Je T'aime

Sylvia & Ralfi Pagan
Soul Je T'aime
Vibration - 525

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Ooh, boy. this one's a doozy. I initially picked this one up because it was cheap and because I was intrigued with the wrting credit, which lists co-composers Sylvia Robinson and Serge Gainsbourg. That alone is a pretty weird combination and worth checking out, I figured. Anyway, I got it home and filed it away without even listening to it and kind of forgot about it, until I got into a conversation with a friend at work about Serge Gainsbourg. Well, yesterday I pulled it out and gave it a spin and oh, brother! This one got moved up to the top of the stack quick. I'm not sure what exactly is going on here, but it seems like whatever they were attempting didn't really work out. I think this was supposed to be sexy, but to me it just sounds ridiculous, like some bad porno soundtrack gone horribly wrong... A brilliant disaster.
**written on 4/09/08

Jimmy Fontana

I picked this up today in a nice batch of 45s that I will be posting later this week. I was initially interested in this record purely for the sleeve, but once I put it on the player, I knew I had to get it. This is what happens when Italians play Rock & Roll. Remember the obnoxious factor we talked about? Oh, yeah. Put this sucker on a continuous loop and see how long you can take it. Brilliant...

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Testing... is this thing on??

Okay, here is my first attempt. I found this 45 by Jerry Starr & the Echoes about six months ago. Teenage Tangle is one wild instro. No one can accuse this song of not having enough cowbell! The obnoxious factor on this one is pretty high. The flip is a fairly standard, but nice swamp pop ballad. enjoy!

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