In The Trashcan Records
GARBAGE84
"My
home, that is weirdsville to me: the record vault where I'm dwelling all
night through and rediscovering these crazy 45s. What? Where I'm living?
Hehe... don't think you could ever handle this level of weirdness..."
Don’t get fooled by the sleeve; this is instrumental orchestral beat from a label called Populaire Platen Kring or better known as PPK. John Barry meets The Ventures.
Another tune from that EP (see first song on this volume) and this is simply great spine chilling guitar picking mixed with an orchestra led by John Wallis. Close your eyes and sit down in your bamboo chair and you’ll hear the jaguar racing by.
Oh boy, is this fast or is this fast? One of the craziest tunes on these 99 volumes! Bob Jaxon & the Hi-Tones recorded only three 45s that I know of: for Cadence, 20th Fox and this one for RCA. I don't know if the Jaxon Sisters are the girls you can hear singing along.
In 1958 the Russian satellite Sputnik was the talk of the day. "Enter the Sputnik" is what this typical French/Belgian comedy song is all about. For space age lovers only.
An uptempo 1955 jiver from the band that gave us the brilliant Bert Convy (see his "Nee-no-nah-nee" on vol 12). His "Gorilla" still is one of the best horror cuts ever. After several releases on Capitol they switched to Mercury.
How much more Belgian can you go with brussels sprouts? Belgian endive maybe? This orchestra of Fred Spencer gave us a fine recording about the vegetable every kid hates.
This is a Dutch translation of Buddy Holly’s “Peggy Sue” by the king of Dutch rock ‘n’ roll and beat Peter Koelewijn with his Rockets. The song title means “Just pretend”. It’s a teenage tragedy love song about Irene instead of Peggy Sue.
The year 1962 was thee year of the twist. "She’s my twistin’ date" or "Teenage twister" is an excellent twistin’ rockin’ tune by one of the many bands called The Classmates. On vol 1 there’s also a band with the same name, but probably a different outfit.
Oh yes, "Aloha e" is the main influence of this song mixed with a Hawaiian version of "Hula hoop". Bill Humber is the orchestra leader, but I don’t know the name of the girl singing this great exotic tune. Watch the record sleeve if you don’t know how to use a hula hoop.
I can’t help but love novelty tunes; this boogie woogie rock ‘n’ roll tune features dogs, goats, roosters and more crazy cats. Really nuts!!!
A crazy laugh and a bongo twist tune is all what it takes to make Ching Ching a highly enjoyable party tune. Less than two minutes long, but at this speed you couldn't last any longer on the dance floor.
A moody slide guitar instrumental for lovers in the moonlight on the beach. Not quite Hawaiian, thus no South Pacific but rather Mediterranean waves that wake you up when you fell asleep on the beach.
It’s a well done rip-off of Lord Sutch’s "Jack the ripper" and "Peter Gunn locomotion" and thus it can be perfectly mixed with The Genteels’ "Take it off". In the meantime it’s been picked up on another compilation, but I was first.
For me Bobby Christian will always be the guy who gave me the nuttiest, most horrifying, craziest novelty horror record ever: see vol 16 and you’ll have to agree. This is also an instrumental, and it sounds like 1961 to me.
An organ-drenched r&b tune from the mid-60s that sounds like they’re singing "Booker T" instead of "Booga Dee".
If you’ve ever been "chez Kit", it’s unlikely you’ll ever forget the experience. Albeit a French song title, it’s an English sung ode to Kitty from Cincinatti, Ohio.
