I enjoyed the Tapioca Dextrin started about strange books, although my own paled in comparison to some of the tiltes others shared.
The thread reminded me of a strange record I found in a box belonging to my parents several years ago. Among the usual Steely Dan and Fleetwood Mac was a 45 entitled “It’s Free,” and distributed by either the Chicago or Cook county Health Department (I have an uncle who worked in Public Health, so the resord may have been his originally).
The tune wasn’t bad, but it was the lyrics that set this record apart: vivid descriptions of syphyllis and gonohrea symptoms, along with encouragement to come in for treatment.
That record trumped everything else I’ve seen in the weirdness department. Does anyone here have anything strange and unusual in the music/recording category to share? I don’t care if it’s CD, LP, 45, or Edison cylinder.
When I was in college, we got a single called “Nixon’s the One.” I don’t know why they sent it to us (one of the campuses that burned him in effigy), but it was bizarre"
Then Watergate came out. The DJs would ask, “Who’s reponsible for it all?” and play the song.
I have an album by Jane Wayne County. Supposedly, she was born John Wayne County and had a sex change. One of the songs on the album is, “If You Don’t Want To Fck Me, Then Fck Off!”
Steely Dan and Fleetwood Mac strange? Sheesh. 
We have some record by Stu Nunnery called “Sally from Syracuse”. One of the lyrics is, “…and her jeans gave her ass quite a squeeze!”. I’m wondering if it’s a regional hit or something; I haven’t seen much about it.
I have an LP put out by the San Francisco Mime Troup.
'nuff said.
mycoman
To the best of my knowledge, she started out “Wayne County” and became “Jane”. No “John”. I think it’s important to keep these things straight, so to speak.
My parents did have a rather wide scope of musical interests.
Dad played guitar, Mom played piano.
Dad conducted an ameture orchestra and chior (ok, how is it spelled, dammit?!) Mom sang professionally, opera, folk, easy listening.
Dad liked to listen to classical, opera, and Bing/Frank type stuff. Mom loved the Stones, the Beatles, psycadelic rock, and Hee Haw type stuff.
Together, they loved Salsa dancing.
So, when my GF came across my Dwight Yokum stuff right next to the Revolting Cocks, she wasn’t surprised at all.
FTR, I had Gregorian chants long before they got so popular a few years back. I used to mix them in to my beat mixes when I DeeJayed back in the early to mid 80s.
But, to me, none of this seems strange. I think people who listen to only one type of music are strange. So do most of the Dopers, i would wager.
amateur orchestra and choir
I have an mp3 of Jesse Ventura singing The Eve of Destruction.
I found a tape one time in the 50 cent bin. It’s called Schehera-Jazz. Most of the music is a beautiful rendition of Scheherazade. Gentle, lilting, flowing…And then BOOM! From out of nowhere comes this very brassy jazz band. After about 20 to 40 seconds of this, it returns to the quiet music again. The process repeats itself several times.
Edison Cylinder titled “Coon Duet.” in with our old Edison player. Took us about five minutes to figure out that it meant two black people singing.
Ozzy doing Stayin’ Alive counts a bit, too.
A double album called Super Fighter: USAF F-15 Eagle… it just consists of the sounds of an F-15 (taxiing, landing etc.)
How about “Music to Strip By”? I have no idea why …
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http://www.danacountryman.com/coolandstrange/comp.html
Oh, I’ve got an album that’s nothing but sounds of car engines at Lime Rock Racetrack. F1, Ferrari, one goooorgeous old Bugatti…
Myron Floren’s Disco Polka. (For the younger Dopers, Myron Floren was Lawrence Welk’s accordionist. If you don’t know who Lawrence Welk is, well, that’s not necessarily a bad thing.)
His disco version of “Beer Barrel Polka” really, uh, rocks.
I just won an LP on ebay of ABBA songs in HINDI. If that doesn’t count as strange, what does?
Rods n’ Ratfinks. Got it as a Christmas present from my parents in 1963!
The only artifact of my parents’ early 70’s fling with the Hare Krishas was a 45 published by Apple records - I think the A side was called “Govinda” & I forget what the flip side was…
I played it every once in a while as a child, because I liked the music…