Bakersfield Boogie Boys
Okie From Muskogee
Get Off My Cloud
I Get Around
Flying Tigers
Okay, so this is a thing.
Don’t know much about this one, I bought it in Pittsburgh several months before I headed off to Japan. I can’t even remember why. Probably because it was stupid.
Yeah, that’s probably why. That’s why I buy a lot of things.
I guess this would be early electro? Maybe early electro combined with some new wave, post-punk and art-rock thrown in together. All mixed with some Dr. Demento style humor as well.
What I’m saying is, it’s fucking weird.
There are almost no performance credits on the album, but if I had to hazard a guess, I would suspect that two of the group’s members were Richard Foos and Harold Bronson – the co-founders of Rhino Entertainment, which was previously a novelty record label before becoming the world’s goto re-issue label. They’re both credited as producers on the LP’s limited linear notes and they both contributed to a few other novelty and comedy records of the era.
The only performer credited at all on the album is Shari Famous, the vocalist for the covers of “Get Off My Cloud” and “I Get Around.” When searching for info on her online I found that her full name is Shari Famous Foos, so I assume that she is/was Richard Foos wife. She also was in a shitload of never-made-it groups during the early years of punk, as this interview with another punk also ran, Rich La Bonte, points out.
If you couldn’t gather from the song titles, the first three tracks on this EP are covers, with “Flying Tigers” being the only original track (at least I think it is). That last track actually features some pretty good guitar work, and some of the strangest lyrics I’ve ever heard (“plastic waffles of my dreams”).
The next time someone says to me “Oh, you live in Japan? That place is so weird, right?” I’m going to show them this.
“Get Off Around” and “I Get Around” reminds me of The Flying Lizards’ cover of “Money (That’s What I Want).”
Okay, I’m not trying to be a douche but I’ve noticed you frequently make this mistake: the notes on an album/CD are called liner notes or sleeve notes, not linear. Linear is a term meaning something that is in a straight line. Again, I’m not trying to be an ass, I just thought I’d point it out…you can yell at me now, if you want.
Steve
I love when you post stuff like this, I just wish you could post stuff in FLAC. I understand why you don’t, of course, but a man can dream!