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  • The Nifty Levites with Raymond Smolover - Edge of Freedom The Nifty Levites with Raymond Smolover - Edge of Freedom

    Cantor Raymond Smolover apparently wasn’t an unimportant figure in the Jewish music scene in the states, having produced and written (comic) opera’s and also teaching singing and vocal training techniques to many. Here’s a curious record he did with the youth choir The Nifty Levites for the Bell label, called “Edge of Freedom, a folk/rock […]

  • Patrick Haggerty and Eve / Lavender Country Patrick Haggerty and Eve / Lavender Country

    Described somewhere on the internet as “the first gay album,” which is of course nonsense (this was 1973), this is nonetheless a milestone and beat Peter Gruzden’s The Unicorn for the title of first topically gay private […]

  • Carols Avalon: Only One Carols Avalon: Only One

    Hadn’t found a cover quite this good/bad in a while. This dude clearly thought he was THEE MACK!

  • Robbie Mackey - Production Reel Robbie Mackey - Production Reel

    For some reason somebody thought pressing a childrens album on vinyl in the early 90s would be a good business plan and that this lunatic painter would be just the guy for the job. Features a breath taking cover of the little mermaid rasta crab anthem “under da sea”. I left this record in […]

  • Sisters of the Society Devoted To The Sacred Heart - You Are My Friend Sisters of the Society Devoted To The Sacred Heart - You Are My Friend

    This is from a group of accoustic guitar playing nuns from Los Angeles who sing about friendship and Jesus. I really like the cover with the design and clashing colors. The sisters are still active in missionary work according to their website. I take it this LP recorded in 1973 was a suppliment to their […]

  • Jack Patton: Polish Cowboy Sings Again Jack Patton: Polish Cowboy Sings Again

    I bought this album solely to further enhance my own Polish heritage. From what I gather, folks would come from all over the midwestern United States to hear Jack Patton(owiczski)’s folk-polka songs about sausages, boiled potatoes, how many of his cousins it took to screw in a lightbulb, and the zany antics of his promiscuous […]

  • Wild Country: Introducing Wild Country: Introducing

    I picked this up at a local Goodwill recently and was driven to purchase it just so I could hear their cover of “Honkytonk Woman”. Also, I am a big fan of bands with matching shirts. To my surprise it actually turned out to be a pretty solid DIY Country Rock record. Not too overly […]

  • Ronn Lasiter: Visions of Fantasy Ronn Lasiter: Visions of Fantasy

    Another strange and wonderful Yamaha Electone keyboard record. This is the kind of stuff I live to find. Just peep the completely twisted Doobies cover and you’ll know what I mean. Maybe…

  • Bolster and McDaniel: S/T Bolster and McDaniel: S/T

    Pretty bizarre record that I picked up recently on the strength of the cover. I was prepaired for the fairly standard folky rock with country overtones that this record mostly is - but, was totally unprepaired for the quirky, low-budget funk(?) jam that opens the record. SEE WHAT I MEAN!?!?! File under: HUH…???

  • The Links - s/t The Links - s/t

    Here’s a hideous lo-fi lounge record featuring the usual “sweet caroline” cover tune and a Will Ferrell look alike. Goulet!

  • Hansadutta Swami: Nothing To Lose But All To Gain Hansadutta Swami: Nothing To Lose But All To Gain

    I was finding this record all over the place when I first moved to the bay area. I like it, but I once enthusiastically sent a copy to my friend Dan and he told me he was unable to listen to it because the cover frightened him. I guess it’s not for everyone.

  • Alexander Longrifle: Best Of Alexander Longrifle: Best Of

    While there are plenty of examples of “why on earth wasn’t a record company interested in this?!?!” in the world of private press records, this is not one of them. Alexander “Chief” Longrifle is pretty much a textbook example of an artist who’s music would never have made it into the few homes it did […]

  • Hansadutta Swami - The Vision Hansadutta Swami - The Vision

    A German named Hans Kary moves to Berkeley, experiences a vision, and becomes a devotee of Krishna. He then changes his name to Hansadutta Swami, starts wearing aviator shades, and becomes a traveling monk playing bad folk.

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