Now it's time to give these weird sounds the credit they deserved.
It's amazing; just LOOK WHAT I HAVE FOUND in thrift stores, second hand markets and sometimes even IN THE TRASH CAN.
Thanks to CD I was able to save these unusual tunes on 45 rpm 7" records. It's obvious that these 45s have been played a lot, so surface noice is almost obligatory. No hi-tek cd quality, but just back to the times where no one had ever heard of digital recording studios.
All the songs on these compilations are from the original 45 rpm records released prior to 1980 when CD took over the world of warm vinyl sounds. I've tried to exclude any song that's been compiled before, but as I don't own each and every compilation album ever made, there might be some songs that you already own on another compilation album. Look, listen and enjoy...
LABEL: In The Trash Can Records
CAT # : GARBAGE25
Subtitle: Tricky - 16 treacherous treats of terror
You can't always get what you want. On a trip? In a restaurant? On the dancefloor? Your eyes can play tricky tricks on you! Why worry? Before you even realize, you might be spending some time in an Arabian jail...
(RCA-Victor 47-9617 from 1969?)
A late 60s comedy version of this Johnny Cash classic. Boo! Boo! You can hear the crowd yelling at him and still it�s not as bad as it sounds. No, I�m only joking: it�s so bad that it�s brilliant! Watch out for the flipside!
2. tricky - ralph marterie
(Mercury 71050 from 1957)
A prominent piano, a saucy sax, a smoochy drum, trumpets and no vocals: this is tricky stuff from the man who brought me �Shish-kebab� and more crazy orchestral gems.
3. night in arabia - the arabian knights
(Jay-Walking JW-001
A cool exotic organ tune from around 1960 it seems, but it wasn�t released until the mid60s or even later. Just listen to the other side, also featured on this volume. If you�re eating couscous, shish-kebab, houmous or durum: eat while listening to songs like this.
4. heartaches - ted weems
(Decca 9-25017
An early 50s tune with a whistling guy, bongo drums, utterly weird sounds from a crazy orchestra led by Ted Weems. And an excerpt from this song was already compiled by Lux Interior during his infamous 1984 radio show. But this is the full song!
5. rijst met kouseband - max woiski jr
(MMP 1010
A Surinam immigrant sings in Dutch with a heavy South-American accent. The song�s about rice with some unknown Surinam vegetable which he can�t find in the cold Netherlands and he�s getting homesick and wants to return to his tropical country. A Caribbean flavour rules this uncommon song full of exciting percussion.
6. le restaurant chinois - michel delpech
(Festival FX1518
Another food song you cannot find on one of the �Frolic diner� volumes. A song about a Chinese restaurant by the big French star Michel Delpech who had a monster hit with �Pour un flirt�. The other three songs on this EP are not interesting.
7. moi vouloir du couscous - bezu & le grand st-germain
(TNR 13001 from 1984)
And now we go to the Northern region of the Sahara desert . The main dish today is �Couscous�. I think this song is actually from the 70s, but who cares: it�s so bad it�s good. There�s a local Belgian deejay whose career was based on songs like this: the baddest in French dance music. Perfect to mix with �C�est bon pour le moral�. You have to admit this though: the sleeve is great!
8. les citrons - jean-claude darnal
(Vogue EPL8530 from 1967)
Even a song about lemons by the guy who also recorded �Le cosmonaute� to be found on vol 24. And this ends the food theme of this volume.
9. house of the setting sun - don bowman
(RCA-Victor 47-9617 from 1969?)
A spooky organ, a cowboy voice, deranged hilarious lyrics about a psychedelic party gone wrong: this is the laugh of the year! �Kill all hippies� must �ve been the reason why he recorded this sick tune.
10. go ahead - the squires
(Atco 45-6442 from 1966)
I am almost 99% sure that this song has appeared on a compilation before, but nobody could confirm. This song is so good, the band is vey well known for their ; It�s heavily influenced by The Byrds� version of �Mr. Tambourine Man�, but it�s much much better. It�s the flip to their classic �Going all the way�.
11. i haven't got the nerve - the left banke
(Smash S-2041 from 1966)
Another well known band, I mean, if you know American 60s underground sounds. Still I haven�t been able to find a compilation containing this very good song with a Manzarek guy on the keyboards.
12. why worry - aaron neville
(Par Lo 101 from 1966)
If you don�t know him, you don�t know much about 60s music. I wish I knew all 60s songs and all 60s compilations, but I don�t. I�ve never seen this song on a compilation before and it certainly deserves it: actually it�s one of the finest soul pounders ever recorded by my fave Neville Brother.
13. sugar shake - danyel gerard
(DiscAZ EP942)
Another French tune by Danyel Gerard who was a rock �n� roll teen star in the 60s and a major pop star in the 70s, albeit only in France and Belgium. His version of �America� is also worthwile to mention, but it�s been reissued already on one or two comps. I think this was released around 1964.
14. savez-vous danser le twist - gerry beckles & les toppers
(Ricordi 500 078)
It�s sung in French, released on an Italian label, and I think he�s not from France. Who cares? It�s not a translation of the Chubby Checker song. It�s an own composition about how the twist has become the next big thing in town.
15. chattanooga walk - ray gant & the arabian knights
(Jay-Walking JW-001 from 196.?)
A song about James Brown and the new dance called the Chattanooga Walk. And it�s one of the best boogaloo songs I know. Still no info on this band or singer to be found.
16. sounds in space - ken nordine
(RCA-Victor 61-7370
Beat hero in the late 50s, but this is not a real song: it�s a stereophonic sound demo record featuring a story about stereo narrated by Ken Nordine. I still like him the most for his novelty tunes as Dor & McFadden (Bob). I got absolutely no idea when this 45 was released, but it contains some great music and you can�t but love his magnetic voice.
