Monday, March 18, 2024

Bob Snyder Plays "The Music Box Dancer"

 



When at the mall, do drop in to the Washington Square Magnavox Store for a demo!

The Music Box Dancer
Just the Way You Are
Satin Doll
California Girls / Help Me Rhonda
Give Them All
On the Rebound
Summer Samba
Day by Day
Sweet Maria
A Man and a Woman
Rise Again

Album audio & artwork

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Sunday, March 17, 2024

Wendy Kieffer & Rob York: Uncle Milt's Pipe Organ Pizza Co.

 



Pink Panther on premises! No date, but probably 1980 (the year Fame hit theaters). From the Vancouver Washington Columbian, 8/3/1979:

They don't build organs like they used to, but with Milton Kieffer around, they don't have to.

Kieffer, the "Uncle Milt" of Uncle Milt's Pipe Organ Pizza Co. opening at Fourth Plain and Grand boulevards this weekend, has dusted the cobwebs off a monstrous organ formerly housed at the Orpheum Theater in Seattle. With a console purchased from a theater in Atlantic City, N.J., pipes from the Coliseum theater in Seattle and an air blower from the Paramount in Portland, Kieffer's organ trumpets out a decibel level loud enough to please all but the most ardent Ted Nugent fans.

"This was built so that one person could be a whole damn orchestra," Kieffer, 50, said. He's saved other organs from dusty anonymity before, but said he's never tackled anything on this order.

Vancouver's newest nightspot, Uncle Milt's will be open until 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights and 11 p.m. weekdays. The restaurant will serve wine and beer with the pasta.

A staff of three organists will keep the organ active around the clock. They are David Lee, who began playing at Portland's Organ Grinder at the wise old age of 15 (he's 20 now), Wendy Kieffer, Milton's 24-year-old daughter who entertained two years at Uncle's Pizza in Anchorage and Robbie York, 24, a music student at Marylhurst College.

The organists will be at the controls of a score of musical instruments on the organ console, plus a "toy counter" to reproduce sound effects for silent film accompaniment (a screen will be installed later).


(Thanks to Rich "The Radio Is Broken" Lindsay for the loan!)


Star Wars / 2001 Space Odyssey Medley
Serenade in Blue
Muppet Theme
Birth of the Blues
Behind Closed Doors
Ease On Down The Road
Just to Myself
Chattanooga Choo Choo
Rainbow Connection
Fame Medley
Pink Panther Theme
Ain't Misbehavin'

Album audio & artwork

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Saturday, September 30, 2023

Various Artists: Battle of the Garages, Vol. 4: Tomorrow the World!

 



As the title promises, lots of great garage-eriffic trash here. Songs with just two chords when one was too many! (Be aware that unfortunately this record either was not Q.C.-ed during mastering or it was intentionally put in the race with a broken leg, because the side 1 master tape got crunched on many tracks, which suffer intermittent dropouts.)

The Cannibals "Good Times"
The Otherside "Haunted House"
Les Thugs "Femme Fatale"
The Surfadelics "Bad Little Girl"
The Klepstones "She'll Always Be Mine"
Sex Museum "Drugged Personality"
The Legendary Golden Vampires "Strychnine"
Bad Karma Beckons "Listen"
The Last Drive "Every Night"
Sick Rose "I Want Love"
Los Negativos "Viaje Al Norte"
Green Telescope "Thinkin' About Today"
The Birdmen of Alkatraz "April Dancer"
Les Coronados "Free Again"
Les Flamingos "Let It Shine"

Album audio & artwork

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Ben Vandermeide: Learn Self-Hypnosis

 



Benjamin Vander Meide (1933-2007) was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. He came to the United States and settled in Utah, where he began performing a hypnotist act onstage in 1969. This LP probably dates from before 1973, as there is another version of the LP dating from that year with an alternate cover, the art for which was clearly cribbed from this one.

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Monday, September 25, 2023

Anne Sylvestre: Fabulettes

 













A really sweet album of kids' songs by French singer-songwriter Anne Sylvestre, with some glorious album art that I've carefully restored. Technically this album is still available for purchase, for instance from App Ull Myu Sick (and honestly this vinyl was a bit crunchy, so audio taken from the master tape is obviously preferred); but none of the streaming sites give a shit about artwork, and wow, this art is pretty great. So if you like the album, feel free to buy it from some mainstream source. (You'll be sending at least $0.03 per purchase to Anne's estate!!!)

Douze Petits Cochons
Mon Vélo Est Blanc
Bal Des Champignons
Le Petit Maçon
Oiseaux
Une Dame De Dijon
Je Pense A Noël
Sureau Sureau
J'Ai Une Maison Pleine De Fenêtres
Chat C'est Toi L'Chat
Si Le Renard Tousse
C'Est Un Veau
Dans Ma Fusée
La Chanson De L'Ortie
Flocon Papillon

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Friday, September 22, 2023

Leon Berry: Giant Wurlitzer Pipe Organ Vol. 4

 




Volume 4 (of at least 6).

Wedding of the Painted Doll
Somebody Loves You
No Se Porque Te Quiera
Strolling in the Park
They Didn't Believe Me
Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland
Cocktails for Two
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
The Harvest Moon
Blue Room
Cielito Lindo
You Belong to My Heart

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Angelina: Confidential

 



From Bruce Bastin's book The Melody Man: Joe Davis and the New York Music Scene, 1916-1978:

On August 29 Davis recorded a dozen titles, including older risqué titles like "Electrician Blues" and "Shake Your Can," by New York City-based Joyce Heath, at Mastertone's studios on 8th Avenue with pianist Al Williams. Davis JD 112 Confidential was released as by Angelina, immediately before an album by Dardanelle Hadley. Confusingly, singer Inez "Lady" Washington, from 138th Street, New York, New York, signed with Davis that month and was credited with being the artist on this album; perhaps she is also Joyce Heath!


Vice Versa
It's Gonna Be a Long Hard Winter
I'm a Virgin, But I'm On the Verge
Electrician Blues
Working Girl
You've Got To Use Some Science
All the Girls Like Big Dick
Shake Your Can
Chiropractor Blues
Sell Your Proposition While It's Hot
What a Man!
He Forgot His Rubbers

Album audio & artwork

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