Don't THAT Beat-All!

 

Well, I couldn't beat 'em alone.

This hyar is one of several compilations of songs ABOUT the Flub Floor.  So of course I had to make up my OWN versions of a certain album cover.  Can YOU name all the culprits on the cover?  Of course, they have nothing to do with the artists inside.

01 - Eine Kleine Beatlemusic - The Barock and Roll Ensemble - 1965  (6:45)

02 - My Ringo - The Rainbows - 1964  (2:06)

03 - We Love You Beatles - The Carefrees - 1964  (2:24)

04 - I Want a Beatle for Christmas - The Fans - 1964  (1:52)

05 - A Long Day's Fight - Vic Mendolia and Frankie Lehmann - 1964  (2:26)

06 - I Had a Dream I Was a Beatle - Donna Lynn - 1964  (2:19)

07 - Beatlemania (Parts 1 and 2) - Professor Bug - 1965  (5:01)

08 - No Beatles Reunion - The Forgotten Rebels - 1980  (2:40)

09 - Ode to Four - Jessica Bell - 1977  (3:44)

10 - Ringo's Doctor - Rex Miller - 1964  (2:21)

11 - The Guy with the Long Liverpool Hair - The Outsiders - 1965  (2:17)

12 - A Beatle I Want to Be - Sonny Curtis - 1964   (2:33)

13 - Go Go Go with Ringo - The Whippets - 1964  (2:02)

14 - Stamp Out the Beatles - The Hi-Riders - 1964  (1:49)

15 - I Ain't No Beatle - Moon Mullican - 1966  (2:35)

16 - (I Want) A Beatle for Christmas - Patty Surbey & the Canadian VIPs - 1964  (2:16)

17 - You Can't Go Far Without a Guitar (Unless You're Ringo Starr) - Neil Sheppard - 1964  (2:16)

18 - Look How It Snowed on Yesterday - Nostalgy - 1977  (3:08)

19 - The Beatle Flying Saucer - Ed Solomon - 1964  (2:04)

20 - Ringo - The Starlettes - 1964  (2:17)

21 - Bring Me a Beatle for Christmas - Cindy Rella - 1964  (2:11)

22 - I Wanna Hold Your Hair - The Bagels - 1964   (2:51)

23 - Ringo, I Love You - Bonni Jo Mason (Cher) - 1964  (1:46)

24 - The Boy with the Beatle Hair - The Swans - 1964  (2:28)

25 - Beatle Wig Party - Exterminators - 1964  (2:09)

26 - Since I've Been Wearin' My Hair Like a Beatle - Bobby Wilding - 1964  (1:51)

27 - Beatle Rap - The Qworymen - 1982  (3:55)

https://www.filefactory.com/file/4xydw3eluky4/MA-200_-%20ALOPFB.rar

Did YOU ever write a pseudo-Beatles song?  See you Thursday.

  

The Flow, She Go!

Don't worry, I strained out the chunks!

01 - Sticky Lips - Mood of Defiance - 1982  (2:33)

02 - Long Distance from Singapore - Jenson Interceptor - 1983  (3:15)

03 - Cobra - X-Ray Pop - 1984  (1:55)

04 - The Birdman of Alcohol - The Scarecrows - 1984  (3:15)

05 - Ejected Rejected - Elektraflesh - 1980  (4:37)

06 - There Ain't No Satisfaction - Marilyn - 1980  (2:17)

07 - What's on Your Mind - YOU - 1983  (2:47)

08 - Reason - Three Lines - 1985  (4:09)

09 - I Left My Heart But I Don't Know Where - Jeri Rossi - 1983  (3:23)

10 - Split - LiLiPUT - 1980  (2:00)

11 - Living (in the World Today) - Noise Annoys - 1981  (1:30)

12 - Strange Feeling - D-Day - 1983  (3:14)

13 - Flesh and Steel - SPK - 1984  (5:22)

14 - The Price of a Secret - The Big Store - 1983  (2:56)

15 - Your Phone's off the Hook, But You're Not - X - 1983  (2:24)

16 - Humans Beware - The Limp - 1981  (2:03)

17 - The Confessions - Xiro - 1980  (2:55)

18 - Won't Play Bumpum Cars - Hugo Smooth - 1980  (4:23)

19 - It Hurts Me to Remember - Product One - 1981  (3:10)

20 - Clear Vision - L-Seven - 1982  (2:46)

21 - Nothing - Vice Squad - 1981  (1:56)

22 - Science Fiction - Divinyls - 1982  (3:49)

23 - Landslide of Love - Transvision Vamp - 1989  (3:49)

24 - Lose Some Weight - Foreign Objects - 1985  (2:03)

25 - Video Girl - Q - 1981  (2:55)

26 - You Pulled the Plug - As Anova - 1989  (3:12)

https://www.filefactory.com/file/3xz3mieco4hm/MA-178.rar

... And what's left is pretty tasty! See you on Monday.

 

Way, Way Out There!

That's this comp about music and space and aliens and man's space programs.

01 - Into the Void - Black Sabbath - 1971  (6:01)

02 - Alien Landing - Catch 22 - 1979  (2:08)

03 - Skylab (Son of Telstar) - XL Capris - 1979  (2:41)

04 - (Now I Wanna Be A) Space Girl - Fingerprints - 1978  (2:46)

05 - Take Me to Your Leader - The Lancers - 1959  (1:58)

06 - UFO Part Two - Eddie Fiction - 1979  (3:52)

07 - UFO Part One - Eddie Fiction - 1979  (4:07)

08 - Flying Saucers - Moronics - 1979  (5:04)

09 - Space Age Laser - The Spiffs - 1980  (1:47)

10 - Theme from Star Trek - Cy Payne and His Orchestra - 1972  

11 - I Wanna Be a Cosmonaut - Riff Raff - 1978  (1:27)

12 - Flying Attack - Surprise - 1979  (3:45)

13 - Taking the City by Storm - The Haskels - 1980  (2:11)

14 - Science Friction - XTC - 1977  (3:13)

15 - UFO - Caution - 1981  (5:30)

16 - Zippy, Hippy, Dippy - Coye Wilcox - 1959  (1:56)

17 - My House Is a Satellite - The Shapes - 1980  (3:43)

18 - Spaceman - Bushbaby - 1988  (4:58)

19 - Baby Brother - Bill Carter - 1959  (2:17)

20 - Do the Orbit - The Skoings - 1977  (3:25)

21 - Theme from Star Trek - Andy Ross and His Orchestra - 1972  (2:43)

22 - Skylab Is Falling - The Astronuts - 1979  (2:31)

23 - A Night at the Space Opera - That Hideous Strength - 1977  (2:21)

24 - Close Encounters of the Third Kind - SST - 1978  (2:59)

25 - Jet Star 19 - Zolar X - 1982  (2:42)

Some of you folks might wonder about Tracks 6 and 7.  Why does "UFO Part Two" come before "UFO Part One"?  That's because "Part Two" is the A side, according to the record label.

In our musical survey from the Fifties to the Eighties, one thing remains:  the human capacity to throw some creativity at an old topic to generate some new moolah!

https://www.filefactory.com/file/37w8ikda34ok/MA-169.rar

No fears, friends, this comp is FREE of charge to you!  Come back Thursday for more!

  

Salute to Walpurgisnacht

Welcome to this year's MUSICAL MONTH OF MAY!

To celebrate April 30, Walpurgisnacht, our first comp for this month is a conglomeration of the creepy and venerable Dies Irae theme.

The Screaming Skull (Ernest Gold) - 1958 

01 - Main Title   (1:06)

Demolition Man (Elliot Goldenthal) - 1993  

02 - Dies Irae  (1:53)

Salem's Lot (Harry Sukman) - 1979  

03 - Ximico, Guatemala  (0:25)

04 - We Must Keep Going and Main Titles  (2:10)

05 - The Marsden House and Straker  (1:01)

06 - Ben at the Window  (0:20)

07 - Glick Funeral Begins  (0:23)

08 - Open the Window, Mark  (3:06)

09 - End Credits  (0:52)

The Shining (Wendy Carlos) - 1980 

10 - Dark Winds and Rusties  (1:48)

11 - Paraphrase for 'Cello  (3:23)

12 - A Ghost Piano  (1:58)

13 - Paraphrase for Brass  (1:34)

14 - Day of Wrath  (1:04)

15 - Title Music Dies Irae  (3:42)

16 - Dies Irae (The Shining Theme)  (3:29)

17 - Title Music “Dies”  (3:49)

Metropolis (Gottfried Huppertz) - 1927   

18 - Death Descends Upon the City  (1:04)

19 - In the Cathedral  (2:40)

The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh (Nora Orlandi) - 1971 

20 - Dies Irae 2  (2:12)

A Clockwork Orange (Wendy Carlos) - 1971

21 - Title Music  (2:19)

The Car (Leonard Rosenman) - 1977  

22 - Main Title  (2:25)

23 - Apparition  (0:35)

24 - Apparition Revised 1-2-3  (1:17)

25 - End Credits  (1:42)

Jason and the Argonauts (Bernard Herrmann) - 1963  

26 - Hydra's Teeth  (0:41)

It's a Wonderful Life (Dimitri Tiomkin) - 1946 

27 - Pottersville Cemetery /Wrong Ma Bailey /Wrong Mary Hatch / The Prayer  (5:49)

Escalation (Ennio Morricone) - 1968 

28 - Dies Irae Psichedelico  (1:57)

The Mephisto Waltz (Jerry Goldsmith) - 1971 

29 - Main Title  (2:27)

30 - The Funeral  (3:26)

31 - Part of the Bargain  (3:41)

32 - Roxanne's Demise  (1:37)

33 - End Title  (3:46)

The Return of Dracula (Gerald Fried) - 1958

34 - Dracula Fugue / Main Title  (2:29)

35 - Dracula Pad  (2:08)

36 - The End  (4:09)

Also included is an insert of notes.  

https://www.filefactory.com/file/1hltf8o2ofjc/MA-177.rar

Hope you're suitably creeped out, but not too much to come back Monday!

 

Fun for Some, Goodies for Others

You gotta admire someone with more chutzpah than me. I mean, this guy has some talent, but I'd never call ANY collection of my stuff "goodies," it would only invite disdain from my betters.

01. Squeeze Me Baby (2:44)

02. Don't It Feel Good (2:48)

03. I'm Missing Kissing You Tonight (3:54)

04. The Best Big Mistake (2:25)

05. The Cricket Song (2:24)

06. What's Good for the Goose (3:03)

07. Cool Wine, a Warm Woman (2:51)

08. Life Won't Always Be Ha Ha (2:56)

09. That's What I Need (3:19)

10. The Frog Song (2:36)

It's a 1991 cassette.

Woodies' Goodies 

And with this post we wind up this year's edition of APRIL FUN.  But never fear!  We'll see you right back here on Thursday for the commencement of this year's MUSICAL MONTH OF MAY, with a new comp every Monday and Thursday!

  

An Enchanting Spiral

This 1991 release is one of the first four or five CDs I ever bought.

01. Heaven on Earth (6:45)

02. Land of Oz (6:12)

03. Before Time (3:39)

04. Spirit Dancers (5:46)

05. Island Sweets (5:58)

06. Drifting Towards a Dream (3:19)

07. Dream Spiral (5:07)

08. Sunlight Returns (8:04)

Dream Spiral

It's really dreamy, in a good way.  See you on Monday for our big April Fun wrap-up.

  

She's Wild! She's Cool! She's a Spy! She's a Girl!

And she looks spiffy in go-go boots, especially the white-vinyl kind.

This 1966 album swings a bit in the same campy, wants-to-be-hep style as the show did.

01. Jerry Goldsmith - The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1:33)

02. Dave Grusin - Shall We Gather at the Boat Dock (2:14)

03. Dave Grusin - Out of the Frying Pan (2:07)

04. Dave Grusin - April (2:22)

05. Dave Grusin - Mother Muffin (2:07)

06. Teddy Randazzo - Movin' On (2:15)

07. Dave Grusin - The GirlfFrom U.N.C.L.E. (2:38)

08. Richard Shores - Sneaky Search (2:54)

09. Dave Grusin - Somewhere in Greece (2:07)

10. Teddy Randazzo - The Countess (2:58)

11. Richard Shores - Bomb Scare (2:23)

12. Dave Grusin - Follow the T.H.R.U.S.H. (2:26)

It's still rots o' fun.

The Girl From U.N.C.L.E. 

See you Thursday!
  

Salute to Cousin Frank

Actually, Frank was my cousin-in-law.

This is his 1990 release.

01. White Pontiac (6:09)

02. Mean to Me (4:41)

03. Slow Dancin' (6:14)

04. People (6:48)

05. Fly Me to the Moon (5:25)

06. Darn that Dream (5:47)

07. Soon It's Gonna Rain (5:09)

08. Persevere (5:22)

Frank passed in 2004.  Here's a photo of him at a 2001 family gathering.

Per-se-vere 

See you Monday.  Don't quit on me!

 

Don't Drop That Orb!

Until the orb shines again, have fun ridin' down memory lane with Brisco.

VA - Adventures of Brisco County OST

 

 

01 - Main Title - Randy Edelman

 

“No Man’s Land”

(Stephen Graziano)

02 - Brisco Rides

03 - Tumbling

04 - Battle Wagon Arrives

05 - Attack on the Town Pt  1

06 - Future vs Future

 

“Brisco in Jalisco”

(Stephen Graziano)

07 - Cheating at Cards

08 - Map Transition

09 - The Battle

10 - Ambush

11 - Finale

 

“Socrates’ Sister”

(Stephen Graziano)

12 - Chasing Randolph

13 - Science

14 - The Wagon

15 - Confrontation

 

“Riverboat”

(Velton Ray Bunch)

16 - The Hard Way

17 - Brisco Helps Wylie

18 - The Con

19 - The Boxing Match

 

“Pirates!”

(Stephen Graziano)

20 - Pirates of Nevada

21 - The Bravest Man

22 - Bar Fight

23 - Confrontation

24 - Finale

 

“Senior Spirit”

(Velton Ray Bunch)

25 - Bly Takes Jason

26 - Faith

27 - The Wrong Orb

 

 

“Brisco for the Defense”

(Stephen Graziano)

28 - Brisco

29 - Cattle Drive

30 - Finale

 

“Showdown”

(Velton Ray Bunch)

31 - Bar Fight

32 - Does This Work Ever End

33 - The Swimming Hole

34 - Showdown

 

“Crystal Hawks”

(Velton Ray Bunch)

35 - Brisco in the Rain

36 - Meet Crystal Hawks

37 - Street Chase

38 - Brisco’s Destiny

39 - Brisco vs Bly

 

40 - End Credits - Randy Edelman

County

See you Thursday, fellow Brisco-neers!

  

A Fun Trip to the Delta

This is a 1980 release I first purchased as an LP.

RAINBOW DELTA:

01. Frank Stella by Starlight (3:21)

02. Unacceptable Dance Styles (2:11)

03. Take the 5:10 to Dreamland (5:53)

04. La Grange Point Five (6:34)

DRACONIAN MEASURES:

05. Arrival Music (6:57)

06. Ravel Goes to Germany (3:50)

07. Hobbits Are Dancing (4:45)

08. Clouds / Blue Skies (3:40)

I have no information on whether the critters mentioned in the title of Track 7 are dancing because their feet are on fire.

Rainbow Delta

Hope you too enjoy!

  

Jade! Dr Zin! Mutants! What Else Could You Want?

Here is John Debney's 1993 score for the fun little made-for-TV Jonny's Golden Quest.

01. Jonny and His Mom / Main Theme (2:11)

02. Fond Memories of Mom (1:33)

03. Dr. Zin's Lair (3:44)

04. Jonny Couldn't Save His Mom (4:50)

05. Jonny Reflects (2:52)

06. Jonny and Hadji Escape in Brazil (2:29)

07. Ice Sailing in Japan (1:31)

08. Escape in Rome (2:14)

09. Discovering Dr. Zin's Lab (4:22)

10. Jonny Decides to Act (1:11)

11. Destruction of Dr. Zin (7:35)

12. Fond Farewells / End Title (3:04)

Jonny's Golden Quest

Tell Bandit to stop yipping, I'm trying to sleep here!  See you Thursday.

  

Grand Ragtime from an American Master

This is a 1973 album cadged from my mom.

01. On the Lamb (2:53)

02. Burnt Fingers (4:47)

03. Sleight of Hand (3:14)

04. Scott Joplin's Victory (7:45)

05. Ragtime Turtledove (3:59)

06. Behemoth Two-step (3:42)

07. Onion Skin Rag (2:32)

08. Queen of Sheba Slow Drag and Stomp (5:35)

09. Sleepwalker's Shuffle (3:56)

10. Nightmare Fantasy Rag - A Night on Rag Mountain (9:03)

11. Morning Reveries (4:14)

Albright fell into the ragtime business and helped popularize it in solo and group recordings.  Another of his releases is here.

Albright Plays Albright

You'll just eat it up!  My favorite is the staggering Track 10.  What's yours?

See you Monday for some more fun!

  

Prepare to Fall Under His Spell!

This 1981 album isn't really dronish or monotonous, but you may fall under its spell anyway.

01. Cycle Song (7:02)

02. Cycle One: Namaste (4:04)

03. Fly (9:13)

04. Ode (6:49)

05. Cycle Two: Trio (5:24)

06. Cycle Three: Quintet And Coda (7:45)

07. Jessica's Sunwheel (5:20)

Yes, it cycles, it pinwheels, you just try and not be fascinated.

Cycles -- David Darling 

By the way, welcome to this year's APRIL FUN at the Record Round-Up!  This month is just about stuff which tickles me in some way ... not that every other month ain;t got something up its tricky sleeve ...  See you back on Thursday, fellow fun seekers!

Come to Carolan's Cottage -- You'll Like It

While the stone cottage seen on the CD cover may be drafty, the music should keep you warmed up!

01. Fanny Power (4:37)

02. Planxty Crilly (2:10)

03. Squire Wood's Lamentation on the Refusal of His Halfpence (3:50)

04. James Plunkett (1:50)

05. Carolan's Cottage (4:35)

06. Sir Festus Burke (2:31)

07. Bridget Cruise, Fourth Air (3:03)

08. Carolan's Quarrel with the Landlady (2:59)

09. Edward Corcoran (3:28)

10. Thomas Burke (3:16)

11. Morgan Magan (3:13)

12. Carolan's Receipt, or Dr. John Stafford (3:10)

It’s a 1986 release.  All of the Celtic charm, none of the Celtic irritating drone or whine!  Also included is a one-page catalog of sorts.

Carolan's Cottage

See you on Monday for some April Fun!

  

A Penultimate Song

This is the last of my albums of Mary O'Hara's beautiful singing and playing.

It's a 1982 release.

01. My Lagan Love (4:00)

02. Kitty of Coleraine (1:49)

03. A Soft Day (2:11)

04. Óró Mo Bháidin (Óró My Little Boat) (3:20)

05. Young Brigid O'Malley (2:39)

06. Danny Boy (3:13)

07. The Spanish Lady (2:19)

08. She Moved Through the Fair (3:15)

09. The Gartan Mother's Lullaby (3:26)

10. The Fairy Tree (2:11)

11. Ailiú Éanai (2:53)

12. Bring Me a Shawl from Galway (3:21)

13. Down by the Sally Gardens (2:54)

14. The Song of Glendun (4:08)

15. An Peata Circe (The Pet Hen) (1:26)

16. The Quiet Land of Erin (3:28)

A couple of tracks are repeats from earlier albums, but with different performances.  Enchanting!

A Song for Ireland 

See you on Thursday for the last of our Irish-tinged posts!

  

Why Isn't That Piano Sinking?

I mean, a grand piano sitting out on an Irish countryside, why aren't there any tracks from dragging the thing? Could this thing be staged? Perish the thought!

01. Danny Boy (3:58)

02. Spancil Hill (4:40)

03. The Bride's Return (4:38)

04. O'Neill's March (2:34)

05. Galway Bay (5:15)

06. From Clare to Here (4:34)

07. Only Our Rivers Run Free (5:46)

08. Tóg go bog é (Take It Easy) (3:35)

09. Dublin in the Rare 'Oul Times/ Molly Malone (4:26)

10. Star of the County Down (5:50)

11. Scenes of Antrim (4:16)

12. The Reel of Timothy O'Neill (2:24)

13. Carrickfergus (4:25)

14. The Town I Loved So Well (3:11)

15. The Meeting of the Waters (3:27)

A 1996 release that’s by turns beguiling and ponderous.  Mr O’Neill should not be singing (the overlong Track 7).  

The Meeting of the Waters

See you Monday!

  

And a Mighty Fine One It Is!

Well, top o' the morning to ya.  This here is a great collection of songs, played and sung by that wondrous lady.

01. An Crann Ubhall (The Apple Tree) (1:29)

02. She Lived Beside the Anner (3:05)

03. Cucuin A Chuaichin (Cuckoo Little Cuckoo) (1:43)

04. Kitty of Coleraine (1:48)

05. Roisin Dubh (Dark Rosaleen) (2:58)

06. Down by the Sally Gardens (2:24)

07. Luibin O Luth (2:28)

08. I Will Walk with My Love (2:22)

09. Seothin Seo (3:09)

10. The Parting (2:11)

11. s Ar Eirinn Ni N-Eosfhainn Ce H-I (And for Ireland I'd Not Tell Her Name) (3:35)

12. The Last Rose of Summer (3:55)

13. Sean 'Sa Bhriste Leathair (John and His Leather Breeches) (1:36)

14. Young Brigid O'Malley (2:34)

15. Deus Meus (My God) (2:22)

16. I Know My Love (2:58)

17. Sliabh Geal Gcua Ne Feile (Bright Mountain) (2:47)

18. Trotting to the Fair (1:48)

I think you'll think so, too.

Mary O'Hara's Ireland 

See you Thursday!