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Post by vastar iner on Aug 29, 2022 21:50:27 GMT 1
"The Lurch" by Ted Cassidy might look on paper (or screen) as if it is perhaps a jazz instrumental.
But Ted Cassidy played the Frankenstein's-monsteresque Lurch in the television series The Addams Family, and this was...well...even by novelty record standards, atrocious.
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Post by vastar iner on Sept 13, 2022 9:22:28 GMT 1
"Hey, guys, I've got a great idea! Shall we record the massive wrestler Giant Haystacks singing a country song in the bathroom?"
Somehow this one made it out of the pub.
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Post by Good Old Days on Sept 15, 2022 8:28:30 GMT 1
Mr Food - And That's Before Me Tea
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Post by Robbie on Sept 15, 2022 21:39:42 GMT 1
Didn't Mr Food regularly appear on Steve Wright's Radio 1 afternoon programme around the time 'And That's Before Me Tea' was released as a single?
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Post by Smurfie on Sept 15, 2022 23:39:02 GMT 1
Didn't Mr Food regularly appear on Steve Wright's Radio 1 afternoon programme around the time 'And That's Before Me Tea' was released as a single? From memory it was his jingle. As well as the other horrors he forced on us - Arnee & The Terminators was probably the worst. Was he responsible for Spaghettihead as well?
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Post by Mark on Sept 18, 2022 10:11:15 GMT 1
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Post by Good Old Days on Sept 20, 2022 14:48:52 GMT 1
In 1967 year American mezzo-soprano singer Cathy Berberian released a 12-track album that consisted entirely of quirky baroque-style cover versions of songs by The Beatles, entitled "Beatles Arias".
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Post by vastar iner on Nov 16, 2022 1:01:08 GMT 1
Terry Wogan's first release was not "The Floral Dance", but this flexidisc from 1972 for Playtex...
...I'm utterly bemused as to its purpose.
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Mark
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Post by Mark on Nov 18, 2022 1:18:32 GMT 1
This one from 2010
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Post by Mark on Nov 18, 2022 1:26:47 GMT 1
And this from 2008
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Post by Mark on Jan 22, 2023 23:24:22 GMT 1
Lost TOTP audio from a missing episode of Ronnie Corbett performing "Fanny" 14/11/1974
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Post by vastar iner on Jan 30, 2023 9:11:15 GMT 1
Written by Roger "Greenaway" Cook and Herbie "Walk On The Wild Side, But Also Grandad" Flowers, by the looks.
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Post by Good Old Days on Mar 12, 2023 10:56:41 GMT 1
Fruit Pastilles - I Don't Ever Want To See You Again (1982)
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Post by Mark on Apr 9, 2023 14:25:58 GMT 1
Quote from video description
"UK comedian Charlie Drake (1925 - 2006) released this odd single in 1975, featuring an unexpected array of musicians including Phil Collins, Robert Fripp, Keith Tippett, Sandy Denny and Peter Gabriel, who produced and co-wrote the song! A contemporary promo sheet also lists Brian Eno as a player. An unusual aspect of the career of all involved. Phil Collins explained the recording on his website:
""It did indeed feature Robert Fripp, Percy Jones, Keith Tippett, me and Peter G. A friend of Pete's, Martin Hall wrote the song, or possibly co-wrote it with Peter, called You Never Know. Apparently Charlie Drake, who was a huge comedy star of the 50s and 60s, wanted to make a record. How he ended up with this line-up I have no idea! It seems the most obscure set of people to make a comedy record. On the day Charlie, who was quite small, turned up with a brand new denim outfit for his rock debut... it was quite touching to see him at it. Percy Jones and I were already in Brand X by then. The whole session was one of life's interesting snapshots!""
The single sank without a trace, and has never been reissued, except for an Australian Fairport Convention fan club cassette in the late 1980s."
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Post by Mark on Apr 29, 2023 23:03:49 GMT 1
DJ Chris Hill had two novelty Christmas hits with Renta Santa (1975) and Bionic Santa (1976) both reached no.10
Bionic Santa had Ride On! as the B-Side (13 years before Lil Louis gave us French Kiss)
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Post by Mark on Apr 29, 2023 23:10:02 GMT 1
DJ Chris Hill released a 3rd "Santa" single at Christmas 1978 but it never charted.
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Post by Mark on Apr 29, 2023 23:11:47 GMT 1
Here's Renta Santa (No. 10 December 1975)
and Bionic Santa (No.10 December 1976)
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Post by SheriffFatman on May 3, 2023 15:02:19 GMT 1
Didn't Mr Food regularly appear on Steve Wright's Radio 1 afternoon programme around the time 'And That's Before Me Tea' was released as a single? From memory it was his jingle. As well as the other horrors he forced on us - Arnee & The Terminators was probably the worst. Was he responsible for Spaghettihead as well? I don't remember Spaghettihead, but Car Boot Sale by Bill was definitely Steve Wright's fault. No. 73 in 1993
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Post by Whitneyfan on May 3, 2023 18:23:00 GMT 1
Steve Wright was never as funny as he thought he was! I don't miss him at all on Radio 2.
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Post by raliverpool on May 3, 2023 20:25:32 GMT 1
Steve Wright was never as funny as he thought he was! I don't miss him at all on Radio 2. You say Steve Wright .... the British radio broadcaster not to be confused with the British serial killer... He has released many a track worthy of this thread (some may indeed be posted earlier, so apologies if that is the case) ... "I'm Alright"; "Get Some Therapy"; "I'll Be Back" .. but none of them compare to the car crash wrongness that is this 1984 UK Xmas #61 Steve Wright - "The Gay Cavalieros (The Story So Far...)":
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