Post the strangest Album/CD in your music collection

[LynneSin]

I've been organizing my office (finally) and came up with some very interesting items in my collection of vinyl records including:

* Robert Byrd (yes the Senator Robert Byrd) plays Mountain Fiddle Music
* An album with 12 different versions of "Louie Louie"
* The Field Guide to Birds of Western United States

I also have both memorial albums for JFK and RFK

[seemunkee]

1. Ronald Reagan reads Bible stories

[LynneSin]

2. Are you serious?

My fingers would burn touching that - anything created by Satan can cause pain

[seemunkee]

46. Serious

I have two albums with Bible Stories. Each side is read by someone else, I think Joseph Cotten is on the other side of the Reagan album.
I also have two albums of Boris Karloff reading Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories.

[lazyriver]

3. I have the Eastern Birds Field Guide cd's...love 'em

Strange would be any one of the Cd's my friend Chris from Charlotte sends me. Let's see, the strangest is probably the 67 minute long disc titled, "Godzilla". It's just random sounds of Godzilla shrieking, blowing fire and tromping all over Tokyo for 67 straight minutes.

[Initech]

4. I have a CD full of Mexican mariachi tunes.

[Fran Kubelik]

60. 1000s of such CDs exist in the world.

This one isn't so esoteric.

[Symarip]

5. I have this on vinyl

Even has an official Bob and Doug merchandise order form.

[LynneSin]

7. OMG I loved their song "Take Off" and "12 days of Xmas"

I actually saw "Strange Brew" in the movie theaters!

[mcctatas]

8. I'm not proud of this, in my defense it was a gift a long time ago

[mcctatas]

9. and I have no idea why I posted this as a reply to Symarip

must be his magnetic personality

[Symarip]

10. You just wanted me to notice you

Good news. It worked.

[mcctatas]

11. Then my evil plan has payed off...

;)

[Symarip]

15. Boogity Boogity

Boogity

[southpaw]

58. I had that on cassette back in the day!

'Take offffff, to the Great White North!
Take offfff, it's a beauty way to go!'

[HopeHoops]

6. Commander Cody and the Lost Planet Airmen - "Tales from the Ozone"

Well, technically it is on 8-track. But it DOES have "A 40 Second Thing in 39 Seconds" - which curiously actually lasts 42 seconds.

[Captain Hilts]

20. Is Hot Rod Lincoln on that? Didn't they do that? nt

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

12. Silver Apples' eponymous debut Lp

from a particularly drug addled part of the late 1960s. Two guys - one a synthesizer player who home brewed his own synth (this is from before the time Moogs and ARPs were commercially available) and a drummer. Both sang, after a very strange fashion. The synthesizer (and its player/creator) were both called "The Simeon."

Much to my surprise, a Googling presented incontrovertible evidence of their continuing existence, though the drummer passed away in 2005

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_Apples

http://www.silverapples.com/

[southpaw]

59. I have 'Contact' on vinyl

Man, the Silver Apples were the great-grandfathers of electronica.

Simeon Coxxe currently lives in Mobile, AL. Danny Taylor passed away a few years ago.

[bikebloke]

13. Rare Air's Hard to Beat

Scottish bagpipes and bongo-like drumming, with electric guitars. Some good tunes. Some others can be used to drive bugs out of the house.

[hobbit709]

14. Abbie Hoffman and the Joint Chiefs of Staff-"Wake Up Amerika"

[redqueen]

16. Hm... La Bottine Souriante's Chic & Swell perhaps...

only because it's all in French and I don't speak French.

I used to have a Dread Zeppelin CD but someone else has it now. I guess if I still had that I'd say that one.

[LynneSin]

23. I had 2 Dread Zeppelin Cassettes

Never got the CDs although I should. I did like their sound

[MrScorpio]

25. I'm Going With Dread Zep too

5,000,000 and Un-Led-Ed

[redqueen]

53. I loved it... and their antics on stage were cool too.

:)

[bif]

17. How about "Mel & Melanie"?

Mel Torme and Melanie.

[Z_I_Peevey]

21. I didn't know such a thing existed,

and now I want my own copy.

[bif]

49. I actually don't own it

But I saw a copy in a used record store. I could kick myself for not buying it.

[unpossibles]

18. I have a French Jimi Hendrix box set, some Floyd bootlegs, and some other rarities

But also a couple of albums by the Ozric Tentacles - those guys are pretty strange.

[mix]

34. Eat Static - UFO over Trenchtown

yeah man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnpvfilZKUM

[Captain Hilts]

19. At Home with that Other Family. A version of "The First Family" only about the Khrushchevs.

Russian Beatle albums.

The Speeches of Winston Churchill by Richard Burton.

The Soundtrack to "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World."

[mvd]

22. Off the top of my head.. this is more for the music than unique discoveries

PJ Harvey's Is This Desire?

Radiohead's Kid A

[LynneSin]

24. Oh and I have some album of Kinky Friedman's spoke words

Came in a bunch of albums I bought, not sure how to file away that one.

[LanternWaste]

26. Chuck Mangione's album/soundtrack...

Chuck Mangione's album/soundtrack, 'Children of Sanchez"
Aphrodite's Child album, "666"
Vangelis' album "Heaven and Hell"

Sure, sure-- it's typical fare for most of you Edgy Cynics of the world, but to naive traditionalist like myself, it's some pretty far out there stuff. :P




(Children of Sanchez-- never saw the film, but love the soundtrack. GREAT horn arrangements!)

[Forkboy]

27. That's like trying to find a certain blade of grass in a lawn.

Seems like all the stuff I like is pretty out there, so this is a challenge.


anything and everything by my friend, The Noise Of Sound
http://www.myspace.com/thenoiseofsound

Any of my Merzbow CDs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGzrL8J0t-c

[begin_within]

28. A disco version of "Whole Lotta Love"

[HughBeaumont]

29. Two . . .

This is actually a very good soundtrack.

[Jamastiene]

30. I used to have the Videodrome Soundtrack on vinyl.

It doesn't get much stranger than that. I loved it though.

[RagAss]

31. Jack Bruce and his Musical Extravaganza - "How's Tricks"

[hellbound-liberal]

32. The Butterfly's Ball and The Grasshopper's Feast- Roger Glover and Guests

I had this album in high school. It is the sountrack to a children's cartoon written and performed by Roger Glover and several of his Deep Purple cohorts including Ronnie James Dio, Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale

[LadyoftheRabbits]

33. Mrs. Miller's Wild, Cool and Swingin'

Yeah...

[Broken_Hero]

35. I got John Schneiders cd

http://www.amazon.com/John-Schneider-Greatest-Hits/dp/B000002PGD

Superman's dad, can actually sing a little bit....

[Lydia Leftcoast]

36. The original Japanese cast of "Hair"

Do I win?

[MilesColtrane]

37. The strangest stuff I have isn't on albums.

Out of the things that were actually pressed and sold, I'd say it would be my autographed CD of "Jerry Lewis Just Sings".

[csziggy]

38. The soundtrack album of "The Girl from U.N.C.L.E." on vinyl

And the Singing Nun album - both were ones Mom found in the discount bin at the Five & Dime store. I have no idea why I still have them. Neither have been played in decades.

[Sebastian Doyle]

39. Lennon & McCartney "A Toot and a Snore In 74"

OK..... John Lennon & Paul McCartney in the same studio for the first time in 5 years. Should be miraculous, right?

Uh.... not exactly. You thought the "Get Back/Let It Be" sessions were a mess? Well, even the worst moments from those days were probably more coherent than this stuff. Of course this was during the period Lennon called his "Lost Weekend".

They attempted to record "Stand By Me" in 1969. It was bad. They tried it again here. It was worse. Makes it all the more surprising that Lennon finally got the song right on his "Rock n Roll" album not long after this train wreck.

If George and Ringo have heard these tapes, they're probably glad they weren't invited. But it's worth a listen, if for no other reason than to hear these guys in a totally bizarre context.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Toot_and_a_Snore_in_'74

[Epiales]

40. Negativland's U2 EP

After a quick look...

[Forkboy]

44. "These guys are from England and who gives a shit?"

:rofl:

Damn, that is one funny album. No one will ever think of Casey Kasem in the same way again after hearing it. :)

[meegbear]

51. w00t!

That's a great one (I don't have :-(). I have Escape From Noise, Helter Stupid and DISPEPSI.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

41. I have tons of Slim Whitman

and not for ironic reasons- i truly love his music

[brettdale]

42. the 12th man

Cricket fans will know this. (the game not the insect)

[FloridaJudy]

43. "Songs of Couch and Consultation"

A vinyl LP of torch songs about psychiatry. Since I no longer own a turntable, I'd love to have it transferred to CD. Any suggestions?

[gmoney]

48. They make USB turntables now

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=abcat0202007&type=category

If you have a lot of vinyl you'd like to convert, it might be worth springing for one. I actually have one, but haven't hooked it up! (Seems like a good long, rainy weekend project)

Or it seems there's a service that will do it for a reasonable fee... http://vinyltocd.us/

[FloridaJudy]

54. Cool! Thanks..

I don't have enough vinyl to make it worth buying another turntable, but the service looks like just what I need.

Thanks again.

[gmoney]

55. Sure...

post a few of the songs when you get them back :)

[Rhythm]

45. The Misfits ~meet~ The Nutley Brass

A whole CD of classic Misfits songs, done in a retro, big band style...
My friend Bobb gave it to me for my birthday a few years ago, and it is a scream.

[Rabrrrrrr]

47. I have an album of Carol Channing reading and singing Winnie the Pooh

[gmoney]

50. Possibly vinyl by Armand Schaubroeck

Have this one, a "live" album, and another one...

Very odd bird.

I also have the Lancelot Link & the Evolution Revolution album.

[BuddhaGirl]

52. I couldn't find a pic of the album

but here it is in the video...Ricchi e Poveri...I got it in 1983 and I cannot remember why LOLOL

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww76NMpYcsE

[hfojvt]

56. Guitars go Country by Red Rhodes

Not really part of my collection, but I do seem to own a copy that I have never listened to.

[Sequoia]

57. National Lampoon's, "That's Not Funny It's Sick" album.

[AllenVanAllen]

61. Pranzo Oltranzista by Mike Patton

I'm not really much into experimental but I'm a Patton fan and it was very cheap at a 1/2 Price Book store.





Here is a fan video using one of the tracks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsTiA6x4kQE

I've only had the stomach to listen to it once!

[datasuspect]

62. LynneSin Sings to the Netroots with Theodor Giesel

[Midlodemocrat]

63. I have an album from the 70s that some friends of mine recorded

along with some other bands for a radio station compilation.

[flying rabbit]

64. symphony #2 for the dot matrix printer

oddly soothing.

[rucky]

65. Zaireeka - Flaming Lips

Zaireeka is the eighth studio album by the alternative rock band The Flaming Lips. Released on October 28, 1997, the experimental rock album consists of four compact discs. Each of its eight songs consists of four stereo tracks, one from each CD. The album was designed so that when played simultaneously on four separate audio systems, the four CDs would produce a harmonic or juxtaposed sound. The discs may be included in different combinations, omitting one, two or three discs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaireeka

[ZombieNixon]

66. Probably Tom Lehrer, "That Was the Year that Was."

My music library isn't all that weird, if you know what my tastes are. It's fairly consistent.

[Witchy_Dem]

67. Biker Joe Warren

a strange gift from my estranged exBIL