ADVENTURES IN CERPTSLAND VOLUME SEVENTY-ONE - SEE YOU IN DURANGO!

 

1. CANDY AND CAKE - Arthur Godfrey
2. YOU STEPPED OUT OF A DREAM - Martin Gold
3. PRAYING FOR TIME - George Michael
4. IT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME - RCA Camden Rockers
5. PATENT MEDICINE - Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band
6. INTRODUCTION - Stereo Test Record
7. CHANNEL IDENTIFICATION - Stereo Test Record
8. INTRODUCTION TO FREQUENCY RESPONSE - Stereo Test Record
9. HERE'S THAT RAINY DAY - Stereo Test Record
10. I'LL NEVER SMILE AGAIN - Joe Williams
11. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL . . . - Fiddlin' Arthur etc.
12. A SUMMER LOVE SONG - Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band
13. DIN DAA DAA - George Kranz
14. BROTHERS GO TO MOTHERS - The Joe Wilder Quartet
15. HAIL TO THE CHIEF/NEWS... - Kermit Schafer
16. CANADA CALLING... - Kermit Schafer
17. LATE NEWS . . .  - Kermit Schafer
18. CBS BOWLING/JOHNNY CARSON... - Kermit Schafer
19. WHITE HOUSE NEWSCAST. . . - Kermit Schafer
20. OPERA BROADCAST... - Kermit Schafer
21. BBC MUSIC PROGRAMME. . . - Kermit Schafer
22. AL HIRT/TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES... - Kermit Schafer
23. COUNTRY WESTERN D.J. . . . - Kermit Schafer
24. POLITICAL CONVENTION. . . - Kermit Schafer
25. QUIZ CONTESTANT. . .  - Kermit Schafer
26. PINK SHOE LACES - RCA Camden Rockers
27. HOW LEW SIN ATE - Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band
28. THE BREEZE AND I - Martin Gold & His Orchestra
29. WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT (SKIPS)/THERE SHE GOES . . . - Patsy Cline etc.
30. EVERYTHING SHE WANTS (LIVE) - George Michael
31. NORA - Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band
32. A DARKIE CHUCKLE - George Morris
33. DAISY DILLWATER, DISTRICT NURSE - George Robey
34. TAKE MY LOVE - Ruth Welcome
35. THE FLOATER - The Joe Wilder Quartet
36. GOOD VIBRATIONS - Floyd Cramer
37. WABASH CANNON BALL - The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett
38. IN THE BLUE OF EVENING - Martin Gold
39. LOOK AT HER NOW - Dr. West's Medicine Show & Junk Band
40. ACADEMY AWARD/LOWELL THOMAS . . . - Kermit Schafer
41. BASEBALL RAIN OUT . . . - Kermit Schafer
42. LOCAL ELKS CLUB NEWS . . . - Kermit Schafer
43. BIRTHS AND DEATHS . . . - Kermit Schafer
44. TUMS COMMERCIAL . . - Kermit Schafer
45. KOSYGIN AT U.N. . . . - Kermit Schafer
46. GENERAL DE GAULLE . . . - Kermit Schafer
47. FOOTBALL SUMMARY . . . - Kermit Schafer
48. NEWS FROM RUSSIA . . . - Kermit Schafer
49. What's New? - Martin Gold & His Orchestra
50. A PROFOUND GASS - The Joe Wilder Quartet
51. THE EGGPLANT THAT ATE CHICAGO - Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band
52. RAGGED BUT RIGHT/ONE IS A LONELY NUMBER . . . - George Jones et. al.
53. HAWAIIAN WEDDING SONG - Ruth Welcome
54. IDOL (LIVE) - George Michael
55. OH LONESOME ME - The 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett
56. LOUIE, LOUIE - Floyd Cramer
57. QUITE ALRIGHT! - George Robey
58. MODERN DAY FISH - Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band
59. WHAT'S IN A NAME? - Rodney Dangerfield
60. SOMEONE'S GONNA GET HURT - Rodney Dangerfield
61. GET A HORSE - Rodney Dangerfield
62. LOST - Rodney Dangerfield
63. FLYING SOUTHERN COMFORT - Rodney Dangerfield
64. THE GOURMET - Rodney Dangerfield
65. HOME SWEET HOME - Rodney Dangerfield
66. MY NEIGHBORHOOD/THE HOLD UP - Rodney Dangerfield
67. UNHANDY HUSBANDS - Rodney Dangerfield
68. THAT'S SHOW BIZ - Rodney Dangerfield
69. MY MELANCHOLY BABY - Der Schrage Otto (Crazy Otto)
70. THE OLD FRUIT PEDDLER - Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band
71. FEELING GOOD (LIVE) - George Michael
72. MEMORIES ARE MADE OF THIS - Ruth Welcome
73. RAIN ON THE ROOF - Floyd Cramer
74. PADDLIN' MADELIN' HOME - Der Schrage Otto (Crazy Otto)
75. DEEP PURPLE - Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops
76. HOW TO EAT A POEM - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
77. CROWS - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
78. THE BAT - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
79. THE MICROSCOPE - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
80. HUSBANDS AND WIVES - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
81. THIS IS JUST TO SAY - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
82. ANCIENT HISTORY - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
83. DUST - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
84. WAR - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
85. SOUTHBOUND ON THE FREEWAY - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
86. SWIFT THINGS ARE BEAUTIFUL - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
87. FOUL SHOT - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
88. FIREWORKS - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
89. THE BASE STEALER - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
90. CHEERS - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
91. THE FORECAST - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
92. NOVEMBER DAY - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
93. DREAMS - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
94. OREGON WINTER - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
95. REFLECTIONS ON A GIFT OF WATERMELON PICKLE - Paul Hecht & Ellen Holly
96. STAR DUST - Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops
97. IN THE MOOD - Der Schrage Otto (Crazy Otto)
98. DOMINATING BABY - Dr. West's Medicine Show & Junk Band
99. THE GLOW WORM - Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops
100. PRESENTING THE INIMITABLE REDD FOXX... - Redd Foxx
101. THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE WHERE REDD... - Redd Foxx
102. DING DONG-THE WITCH IS DEAD - Dick Marx and John Frigo
103. SMALL BEGINNING - Pat Paulsen
104. FINGER SHADOWS - Pat Paulsen
105. HAWAII - Pat Paulsen
106. COUNTRY & WESTERN MEDLEY - Pat Paulsen
107. GASLIGHT AT THE ICE HOUSE - Pat Paulsen
108. DID I EVER REALLY LIVE? - Pat Paulsen
109. ALMOST PRESIDENT - Pat Paulsen
110. PHYSICAL FITNESS & JOGGING - Pat Paulsen
111. GENERATION GAP & JOGGING AGAIN - Pat Paulsen
112. MISTER AMERICA - Pat Paulsen
113. BIG ENDING - Pat Paulsen
114. LIGHTS OUT - Der Schrage Otto (Crazy Otto)
115. WEIRD - Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band
116. IF IT BE YOUR WILL - Leonard Cohen
117. SIGN OF THE GYPSY QUEEN - April Wine
118. CASH ON THE BARRELHEAD - Gram Parsons
119. I'M STEPPING OUT - John Lennon
120. THE KENDAL STORY - Felicity Kendal & Roy Plomley
121. CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION - T. Rex
122. STOKY, THE MESSIAH & PHILADELPHIA - Helene Hanff & Ron Plomley
123. ALL I'VE GOT TO DO - The Beatles
124. YOU COME FROM LIVERPOOL - Paul McCartney & Roy Plomley
125. WHAT MAKES A GOOD WALKER? - Alfred Wainwright & Sue Lawley
126. DON'T CHA STOP - The Cars
127. HIT OF THE WEEK - Phil Spitalny
128. THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND - Dusty Springfield
129. HOW WILD THE WIND BLOWS - Molly Drake
130. MILK AND HONEY - Jackson C. Frank
131. THE MAN WITH THE WEIRD BEARD - Arthur Godfrey
132. TIP-TOE THRU THE TULIPS - Don Voorhees
133. HOME LIFE - Sarah Millican & Kirsty Young
134. CHEAP SUNGLASSES - ZZ Top
135. CARAVAN - Santo & Johnny
136. 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD - Helene Hanff & Roy Plomley
137. MARKS & CO. - Helene Hanff & Roy Plomley
138. GEMINI DREAM - The Moody Blues
139. COFFEE SANDWICH - Bob & Dough McKenzie
140. SUGAR BABY LOVE - The Rubettes
141. SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS - H-Bomb Ferguson
142. WILLIE MAE - Professor Longhair
143. STILL THEY RIDE (LIVE) - Journey
144. THE LURE OF HOLLYWOOD - Diana Dors & Roy Plomley
145. FATHER FIGURE - Tori Amos
146. SHE'S MAKING WHOOPEE IN HELL - Lonnie Johnson
147. ROOSEVELT OPENS WORLD'S FAIR - Wilmoth Houdini
148. GRAND OLD OPRY SONG - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
149. YOU AIN'T WOMAN ENOUGH (TO TAKE MY MAN) - Tina Turner
150. STANDING STONES - Loreena McKennitt
151. ORBITING JUPITER - Cheryl Wheeler
152. CALLING OCCUPANTS OF INTERPLANETARY CRAFT - The Carpenters
153. IF YOU WANT AN EDUCATION - Carl Sagan & Roy Plomley
154. DANCE HALL DAYS - Wang Chung
155. YOU CAN'T GET WHAT YOU WANT (TIL YOU KNOW WHAT YOU WANT) - Joe Jackson
156. HOT DOGS MADE THEIR NAME - Wilmoth Houdini
157. FATAL HESITATION - Chris De Burgh

In case you needed extensive liner notes, here they iz.  What is all this shit?!?!?  Why is it here?!?!?!  Well there are very GOOD reasons why.  F'rinstance, when I used to listen to WIP-AM sports radio back in the 90's, I think it was a gag they used to do every time Steve Carlton was mentioned; they'd play "See You In Durango" line by Humphrey Bogart from TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE.  

We have a few George Michael trax.  One is "PRAYING FOR TIME" - the lead single from his 1990 follow-up to his blockbuster album "FAITH".  At the time, this slow dirge was a little disappointing after the heiney-shakers on FAITH, but now . . . listening to the lyrics and the music, it's kinda a masterpiece.  Sorry, George.  He also sings a couple covers including one of my favourite Elton John songs "Idol" from the BLUE MOVES album (what else?!?!?!) as well as Nina Simone's classic "FEELIN' GOOD".

The entire Dr. West's Medicine Show and Junk Band is here; interspersed throughout.  They were best known to me for the Dr. Demento Show perennial "THE EGGPLANT THAT ATE CHICAGO" which is here, of course.  

We have several tracks from a Country music hits album which, for some reason, are lumped into about 4 or 5 songs per track.  And archive.org dint list all the artists -- only the first artist in the bunch.  The track starting off with Patsy Cline's "WALKIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT" skips almost non-stop but the songs after it play OK so don't get your saddle in a twist!

DIN DAA DAA is back for a repeat performance because . . . well, because it is.  I've been thinking a lot about Paul lately and this song obviously conjured up the three of us on road trips.  There are quite a few other songs which conjure up these times; ESPECIALLY Journey's song "STILL THEY RIDE" -- here performed live -- which conjures up the three of us still ruling the night!  Also, the fact that Paul, Meg & I saw Journey live at the Spectrum in 1986 don't hoit either.  Plus, you may remember I bought a bootleg cassette tape of the very concert I was at from a table at the Moorestown Mall (when the Mall did that).

Kermit Schafer's entire album "BEST OF THE BLOOPERS" is here.  I know I had (and still have) a couple of Schafer's bloopers records but the damn Harry Morgan "Water Heater" ain't on them.  I know YOU also had a Kermit Schafer bloopers record which you put on an early cerpts tape; was this the one.  I admit I haven't listened completely to this entire album yet before putting it on this Cerpts Dingle Dangle Dongle so I'm hoping it's here!

Ah, I see we come to the racist portion of this cerpts.  A DARKIE CHUCKLE is from a 78 rpm record and the racism is totally unnecessary EVEN FOR AN OLD 78 when such things were common.  Because this is an INSTRUMENTAL so there was definitely NO REASON to name the song that!

A couple tracks from the RCA Camden Rockers appear from one of those song hits knockoff records NOT by the original artists.  I'm assuming this record was a local affair cut at RCA in Camden, NJ.

There are also a few tracks by Ruth Welcome and her awesome zither!  Never heard of her before but the zither was made famous and briefly popular by THE THIRD MAN.

A couple songs by the 50 Guitars of Tommy Garrett leave me wondering why it doesn't sound like NEARLY 50 guitars on these tracks.  Maybe 5 or 6 but 50?!?!?!  I call shenanigans!!!

I found an ancient Rodney Dangerfield album (here in it's entirety) from around 1960 or something.  I mean, the person introducing Rodney calls him a "young comedian" or something like that.  I mean, holy crapola this is an old album!!!

The several tracks by Der Schrage Otto (translating into Crazy Otto) are surprisingly not the first time I encountered this ragtime, honky tonk piano as my mother had an ancient 45 rpm record of a song called "The Crazy Otto" which apparently had some legs and was a moderate hit song back in the day.  I'm almost positive I put the Crazy Otto record on a previous Cerpts but here are some more from what appears to be a crazy German.

Old favourite Paul Hecht (from the HAUNTED HOUSE spoken word record) and Ellen Holly read poems by Stephen Dunning from REFLECTIONS ON A GIFT OF WATERMELON PICKLE . . . AND OTHER MODERN VERSE (the entire album of which is here).  I was a little hesitant when I found this album but the poems are surprisingly good, funny and interesting and I kinda loved them.

Pat Paulsen appeared on Rowan & Martin's LAUGH-IN (among other places) in the late 60's and actually really ran for president.  This album is from a little after that.  

I've shovelled in several excerpts (what could be MORE appropriate for a Cerpts?!?!?!) from the venerable BBC radio programme DESERT ISLAND DISCS.  Among them are my beloved Felicity Kendal (from THE GOOD LIFE, SOLO and ROSEMARY & THYME), Helene Hanff (author of 84 CHARING CROSS ROAD), British bombshell Diana Dors (FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE, BERSERK, THEATER OF BLOOD and the HAMMER HOUSE OF HORROR episode "CHILDREN OF THE FULL MOON"), comedian Sarah Millican, the venerable & cherished Dr. Carl Sagan (COSMOS)  and Alfred Wainwright (famous for his awesome books on walking the Lake District as well as the TV show WAINWRIGHT WALKS he inspired).

Molly Drake appears with her haunting song "HOW WILD THE WIND BLOWS".  She, of course, was the mother of Nick Drake as well as actress Gabrielle Drake (UFO, THE KELLY MONTEITH SHOW).

I've included here the first song I ever heard by Cheryl Wheeler as well as Loreena McKennitt.  I first time I ever heard them both was on Gene Shay's folk music radio show on WHYY-FM back around 1986 or so.  I now worship the ground Cheryl Wheeler plays guitar on.  She co-wrote this song with Janis Ian; another fave from back when I was a kid in the early 1970s.  The first Loreena McKennitt song I ever heard was STANDING STONES and I immediately fell in love with it.  A couple years later, I found the CD the song was on at STRAWBERRIES when the doddy and I were shopping after having din-dins at McDonald's the well-known Scottish cuisine place.  Of course, Doddy had to interrupt shopping to go next door to the Chinese Restaurant and blow up their bathroom!  However, when Doddy came back in STRAWBERRIES and saw the Loreena McKennitt cd I was buying, he said "You buy some WEIRD stuff".  Yeah, this from the future Wicky-Wacky-Wiccan!

The Carpenters covered Klaatu's CALLING OCCUPANTS OF INTERPLANETARY CRAFT.  When Klaatu first release their album, a lot of people thought they were actually the Beatles getting back together under an assumed name.  I can sorta kinda almost see how some people would've thought that but come on!  Some people will believe anything.

DANCE HALL DAYS by Wang Chung.  I bought the 45 when it came out and still have it (with the picture sleeve).  This was a Darryl Glick song.  Oh yes, it was.

FATAL HESITATION was the actual song I loved on that Chris De Burgh LADY IN RED record.  NOT the LADY IN RED song.  I never liked it that much; ESPECIALLY when everyone and their beaches fell all over themselves about it.  Nah, I got the cassette single of FATAL HESITATION (which had "THE LADY IN RED" on the flip side.  Oh yeah, and my Dad Mikey bought the vinyl record album at the time as well.  But FATAL HESITATION is the awesome song from THAT album -- no contest!