# Strangest bit of vinyl in your record collection **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 30, 2004, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324 "2004-08-30T23:55:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/41 "2004-09-01T06:19:48Z")
Vinyl? What is this vinyl of which you speak? 😛 OK, well personally I have never owned a record, but available light has some from before we were married, so I dug through to see what I could find. Lesse here… “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)”, a single with Aretha Franklin and George Michael in a duet. Don’t ask me what it sounds like, the record player is buried in the closet. an El De Barge album. Not weird so much as, Oh my god I can’t believe that was popular when I was a kid. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/42 "2004-09-01T12:31:06Z")
My wife is a psychotherapist, and we have “Songs of Couch and Consultation” in our collection. Here’s a photo of the cover: [http://www.showandtellmusic.com/pages/galleries/gallery\_j/analysis2.html](http://www.showandtellmusic.com/pages/galleries/gallery_j/analysis2.html) ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/43 "2004-09-01T14:14:25Z")
I have forgotten what is actually on this record. It was a gift from a band we did the sound for at a gig/party in [Chiselhurst Caves](http://www.ukattraction.com/london/chislehurst-caves.htm). For a group of Satanists\*\*\*\*\*. It is a normal 45 single with the label depicting [Noddy](http://www.noddy.com/toyland/toyland.htm) being crucified on a pentagram. I don’t think they were aiming at the charts. I’ll dig it out when I get home, but I guess the music is probably forgettable if all I recall is the label. \*\*\*\*\*Well, that’s what we figured afterwards. They were certainly an odd bunch of people. Some very strange music was played. I think the date might have been significant but I’m not up on the Satanic calendar. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/44 "2004-09-01T18:29:38Z")
Favorite childhood album: “Maria Sings!” featuring Sesame Street’s Maria Favorite teen embarrassment: “Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry”. The cover of Dee Snider holding the leg of meat is a classic. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/45 "2004-09-01T18:42:43Z")
**Ear of Beholder** by Lol Coxhill. A double-sided album, mostly made up of avant garde jazz saxophone blats, but with several standout wierd cuts: “A Series of Superbly Played Mellotron Codas” – just what it says. “That’s Why Darkies are Born” – Delightfully racist tune “Two Little Pigeons” – Silly thing from the 30s And the masterpiece: “I Am the Walrus” – sung/chanted by three children and the weirdest thing ever to put put on vinyl. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/46 "2004-09-01T18:46:28Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > Favorite childhood album: “Maria Sings!” featuring Sesame Street’s Maria > > Favorite teen embarrassment: “Twisted Sister - Stay Hungry”. The cover of Dee Snider holding the leg of meat is a classic. I have the 45 of **We’re Not Gonna Take It** because of the picture sleeve with a snarling Dee Snyder. It’s too amusing. ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/47 "2004-09-01T18:56:49Z")
**The Chipmunks Sing The Beatles Hits** ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/48 "2004-09-01T19:03:13Z")
On LP: “The Music of the 1976 Montreal Olympics” Ed ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/49 "2004-09-01T19:47:15Z")
I have a record made by CBS News, that is the audio broadcast of man’s moon landing in 1969. The jacket is a moonscape photograph, front and back. Pretty nifty. One of these days I’ll burn it over to MP3 with Final Vinyl and listen to it… ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/50 "2004-09-01T22:52:02Z")
A novelty 45 by “Mad Man Michaels”, a 50s Milwaukee radio personality. Dr. Demento has played it a couple of times. One side is the tale of “The Czarnina Kid”, a Polish parody of Dragnet (czarnina is the famous duck’s blood soup, but the title character is the only reference to it in the sketch). The other side is “Michael’s Market”, a song about a Polish market. > [@](#): > > We got rediski and kapusta and some live gowabki [cabbage rolls], too, > And for no extra charge a tuzhi bone to liven up your stew… > > We got a snack bar in the back room and we got pierogis, too > We got a kettle of czarnina that is nearly turning blue. > You can get a glass of piwa or some schnapps or even wine, > Where else can you go shopping and get pottsed at the same time? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/51 "2004-09-01T23:02:07Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > So, among the dopers who still have their vinyl, what is the strangest piece of vinyl you’ve got? [_Hail to the Teeth_](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33788&item=3927101518&rd=1), billed on the cover as _The Jimmy Carter Comedy Album_. It was purchased for me as a Christmas 1977 present when I was eighteen years old. I haven’t read through the thread yet, but I’ll be **really** surprised if anyone else has posted this selection. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/52 "2004-09-02T01:58:46Z")
Okay… I’ve gone a little bonkers, though it hasn’t cost me much… I went to a resale shop I knew had vinyl. I found and took home: A 78 of Johnny Mercer and his Orchestra performing **Sam’s Got Him** and **Duration Blues**. 11 45s: Petula Clark - **This Is My Song** Lynn Anderson - **Rose Garden** Melissa Manchester - **Don’t Cry Outloud** :eek: Laura Branigan - **Gloria** ☹ Paula Abdul - **Straight Up** Men at Work - **Down Under** Pebbles - **Girlfriend** (Picture Sleeve) George Michael - **Faith** (Picture Sleeve) Taylor Dayne - **Tell it To My Heart** (Picture Sleeve) Jody Watley - **Don’t You Want Me?** (Picture Sleeve) Pretty Poison - **Catch Me I’m Falling** (Picture Sleeve) 1 LP: Linda Rpnstadt - **For Sentimental Reasons** So, why have I been buying all the vinyl? I bought a new stereo that has a turntable that plays 33 1/3, 45, and 78s. I love the warmth and the crackle of listening to music on vinyl. I love my strange and eclectic music collection. The earliest album I have in my collection is probably the 78 I mentioned in the OP from Rosemary Clooney. I have all of Tom Lehrer’s records and they’re all first pressings. Oh… question for anyone who knows… what is the nature of Edison cylinders as collectibles? Are they all valuable? The place where I got the aforementioned vinyl from probably has 20 cylinders at $12.00 a piece. I was wondering if they have a gold mine there that I should capitolize on. ---
**Author:** ![waits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df788c/32.png) [@waits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waits)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/53 "2004-09-02T02:38:49Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > I now have a record that easily trumps my op: > > _ **Richard Harris - A Tramp Shining** _ > > _Yes…_ it does feature **MacArthur Park**. > > :eek: I’ll see your _ **A Tramp Shining** _ and raise you _ **Pat Boone** _, his first album with versions of “Ain’t That a Shame” (which Pat wanted to change to “Isn’t That a Shame” :smack: ) and Little Richard’s “Tutti Frutti.” And sure, you may have Soupy Sales singing “Do The Mouse” but do you own _ **Spy With a Pie** _? But the very first thing I thought of when looking at this tread was my copy of _ **The Amazing Mets** _ in which the 1969 World Series champs perform deathless renditions of “Heart” from _Damn Yankees_, “God Bless America,” and “We’re Gonna Win the Series” to the tune of Lieber and Stoller’s “Kansas City.” ---
**Author:** ![High\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/54 "2004-09-02T06:28:37Z")
1. Some stupid “record” off the back of a box of Super Sugar Crisp (it was part of the box and I had to cut it out) with someone playing instruments. 2. Nick Lowe, “Cruel to be kind” 45. Not so much strange as sad. 3. Matthew Wilder, “Break my stride” 45. 4. Dr. Demento LP featuring: I talk like a baby, and I never pay for drinks." ``` "If You Wanna Be Happy" ---jimmy soul ``` ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/55 "2004-09-02T06:56:05Z")
> [@High Cheese](#): > > 1. Some stupid “record” off the back of a box of Super Sugar Crisp (it was part of the box and I had to cut it out) with someone playing instruments. That would be Sugar, Sugar by the Archies. I had that one, too. ---
**Author:** ![High\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@High\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/High_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/56 "2004-09-02T07:02:16Z")
> [@peri](#): > > That would be Sugar, Sugar by the Archies. I had that one, too. Ahhhh. Ok. Thank You. I still have it, but I don’t dare play it on any turner with appreciable value. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/57 "2004-09-02T11:24:58Z")
> [@High Cheese](#): > > “Boot to the Head” > > “Cuz I’m a Blonde” ----Because I’m a blonde, I don’t have to think. I talk like a baby, and I never pay for drinks." And she can’t spell BMW but she has a Porsche. Julie Brown - the red haired one from Just Say Julie who had another hit with The Homecoming Queen’s Got A Gun. Boot to the Head is by the Frantics. I hve both of their albums and a large mp3 collection of their weekly radio show I found on the original and lamented Napster. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/58 "2004-09-02T12:15:43Z")
Julie Brown – author of a line I still use way too regularly (from “Will I Make It Through the Eighties?”) – _Nothing in the fridge – nothing on TV – Sylvia Plath has nothing on me._ I’ve got that EP also. It also has – “I Like 'Em Big and Stupid.” Funny stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/59 "2004-09-02T12:53:05Z")
> [@twickster](#): > > Julie Brown – author of a line I still use way too regularly (from “Will I Make It Through the Eighties?”) – _Nothing in the fridge – nothing on TV – Sylvia Plath has nothing on me._ > > I’ve got that EP also. It also has – “I Like 'Em Big and Stupid.” Funny stuff. “Will I Make It Through the Eighties?” is also the B Side to the 45 of “I Like 'Em Big And Stupid” ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324/60 "2004-09-02T19:24:06Z")
**Lenny Bruce-** The Berkley Concert **A Musical Trip with George Burns** **Stan Freberg** The United States of America **Abbie Hoffman and the Joint Chiefs of Staff-** Wake Up, America **Timothy Leary-** You Can Be Anyone This Time Around **KLAATU,** and **The Masked Marauders** were widely rumored to be The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Nah. 'Tain’t true. **Biff Rose** , a folkie/humorist who said, “Nuclear thinking and unclear thinking are the same. The difference is in how you use the UN.” Did you ever hear **The Rotary Connection** ’s Christmas Album? _Santa’s Smokin’ Mistletoe,_ and a Silent Night that’s actually…silent. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strangest-bit-of-vinyl-in-your-record-collection/262324.md?page=4)