Palmer Rockey - Love, Love Rock / Feelings of Love (1980)

 

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Love, Rock Love/Feelings of Love

Palmer Rockey

Rockey's Style

(1980)

"(A) notorious D.I.Y. example is Dallas's own Palmer Rockey: Rockey's Style. Musically, some of his album resembles the stripped-down eerie folk-style of Nicodemus. But mostly he's the disco lounge lizard from hell. He looks "straight," particularly in the glamour portrait on the back, where he resembles a TV detective-star of the late 70s. But that weirded-out grin on the front cover is closer to the Palmer Rockey of legend. His main claim to fame is a film which he spent ten years making; you can see a dog enter the room as a puppy and in the next cut the dog is ancient, about to keel over - it took him THAT long to finish the film. Allegedly, the movie was shown once - then it vanished after Palmer Rockey skipped town. All the rich Dallas widows he'd hit up, claiming he was a "movie producer" as he drove around in a Cadillac wearing polyester suits, all began talking to each other  and realized he'd bilked them all for more than a million bucks!" - Jello Biafra, ReSearch Incredibly Strange Music Volume II

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O. B. McClinton - Black Speck (1976)

 

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Black Speck (original unedited version)

O. B. McClinton

Mercury 73817

(1976)

O. B. McClinton grew up on a farm near Memphis owned by his Reverend father. Growing up, he became a big fan of Hank Williams around age 10. His first attempt at music was all R&B but he couldn't break through, so he returned to country.

"Black Speck," in its censored version, would just dip below the top 100 on the jukebox charts, and nothing more... this uncensored version... is certainly NSFW.😅

A wild song poking fun at the racism and bigotry of Country music, making the protagonist a hero that harkens back to other characters of African American mythos. 

It also pays nod to several Charley Pride hits....

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Old Adobe District-Wide Chorus - The Rose (1981)

 

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The Rose

Old Adobe District-Wide Chorus

Old Adobe Union School District 

(1981)

Old Adobe Union School District is a cluster of Elementary Charter schools around Petaluma, CA. 

This record is filled with wonderful off key instrumentals and sincere heartfelt choruses... my favorite being this Bette Middler cover of Amanda McBroom's "The Rose"

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Bud Cort - She Dances Alone (1981)

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She Dances Alone

Bud Cort

45 rpm single 

(1981)

Had a different record planned for today, but with the loss of Bud Cort today, I shuffled through my singles to find this treasure. 

"She Dances Alone" is a documentary about Kyra Nijinsky, recalling the life of her father, ballet dancer Vaslav Naijinsky. As documentary as the film is, it does parlay into fantasy, as Bud Cort plays the part of the director of the film, pulling memories from Kyra.

He also sings the theme song of the movie in this private released single.

R.I.P. Mr. Cort, you were loved. 

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Bob Oates - O Solo Mio-Cuando Caliente El Sol (1972)

 

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O Solo Mio - Cuando Caliente El Sol

Bob Oates

Presents

(1972) 

Singer - Whistler - Yodeler extraordinaire. 

His whistling can be heard on the Bridge of the River Kwai soundtrack. This album totters between real people and lounge singer, but I feel he leans more on the former, but you decide!

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Bill Lee - If Jesus Came To Your House/Working Man's Prayer (1965)

 

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If Jesus Came To Your House/Working Man's Prayer
Bill Lee
Sta-Set 404
(1965)

We all know what would Jesus do, but what would YOU DO?! 

Soul singer (I can only assume, it appears this is the only record released by this Bill Lee) out of Chicago, does his take on the country classic recitation. It's been recorded several times... Tex Ritter, Red Sovine, Porter Wagoner all have versions. What makes this bizarre is the pre-recorded, licensed film music that plays in the background... Alfred Newman's score to the 20th Century Fox Film "The Robe" (1953.) Aside from this original single, it's been comped on the 1991 oddity-packed LP, "It's Finkin' Time". What has never been comped, the flip, "Working Man's Prayer."

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Amanda Whitt - What A Bummer! (c. Mid to Late 1980s)

 

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What A Bummer!

Amanda

Let's Get Plastered And Raid Circus World

(c. Mid to late 80s)

Amanda Whitt (between the ages of 8 to 11) with her older brother, recorded a slew of lo-fi gems such as this, between 1986-89.

Outsider real people post punk! Amanda comes out growling her songs while banging pots and pans or to pre recorded beats or pop songs as her backdrop.

The Amanda tapes have been championed by Outsider  Music expert Irwin Chusid and have circulated on various comps for years.

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