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Ah, to those in the Robot Nation who did not make Tony's fine spinnages last month at the Verdugo (see post below), shame, pure shame. To those who did make it (and there were more than a few including yours truly), the Record Robot spirit shone brightly within the crowded confines, and everyone was happy, happy, happy. Happiness is the goal when you go out on a Saturday night. And if your

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Or as close as it's ever gonna get. Our friend and excellent Robot guest contributor Alec has a regular night spinning records (called Verdugo-A-Go-Go) at Verdugo Bar here in Los Angeles, near Eagle Rock. This Saturday I'll be joining him and spinning old junk, cool funk, 80's, weird newer shit, and maybe even a few platters of strange I picked up from Scott Soriano's s-srecords. That's this

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:: Our Beautiful Flag is Crying :: :: Angels of Mercy ::The 4th of July is a great opportunity to take stock of the bounty of things that help make this country great. But, it never hurts to take a look at the many problems that face our nation as well. For example, the fact that we no longer love our beautiful flag causes her to cry. That sucks. Many thanks to Roy at Record Recycler in Torrance

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:: Suge Knight Sweetheart :: :: New Shoes ::Hello, do you miss us? I'm not sure we're actually back yet, but I hate to think we're nothing but a mausoleum of dead links these days. For those many who keep posting that some of our older links are dead: yes they are. We keep things up a generous amount of time, in many cases 6-8 months, and we don't have the server space to keep up the audio to

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:: Henson - Do Me Wrong, But Do Me ::Update, 2/20/2009Well as The Dude himself has said, "New shit has come to light."I've recently been in correspondence with a relative of Tim Henson's who informed me that while the police ultimately ruled the death a suicide, an independent private investigation came up with his death being a murder. I would like to write a more complete tribute to Tim Henson

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:: Songs of Safety Part One :: :: Songs of Safety Part Two :: :: Manners Can Be Fun Part One :: :: Manners Can Be Fun Part Two :: :: Health Can Be Fun Part One :: :: Health Can Be Fun Part Two ::Fun. We all like to have it, especially kids. When I first popped this on, I couldn't believe how unfun it sounded, especially when I tried to imagine being a kid and being bombarded with these

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:: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer ::Have you heard enough of the Christmas classic, “Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” to last you a lifetime? Of course not, especially when you can hear this one - brought to you by a sixties Taiwanese all-girl band called, The Five Petals. After you’re all through, though, I dare you to head over to www.radiorudolph.com and attempt to listen to the other

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:: Rock And Roll Is Here To Stay :: :: Lies :: :: Call of The Wild :: :: Megalomania :: :: Cactus Fruit :: :: You're A Dancer :: :: And You Know :: :: Bandit :: :: Get Down Woman :: :: Visions Through an Empty Glass ::While searching through the new arrivals bin at Amoeba one fine day, I did a double take when I laid eyes on this one. I could tell immediately it was a "vanity" record. In other

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:: Moonlight Masquerade ::Taken from Mickey Rooney Jr’s 1978 solo album, aptly titled Crazy Ideas, “Moonlight Masquerade” is a shameless rip off of Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood’s 1972 hit, “It Never Rains In Southern California.” While the production, harmonica lick, and chord progression sound just like it, the lyrics are much lighter, such as with the opening lines:When I first saw you

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:: The Rake :: :: Wild Times :: :: Don't Think Twice :: :: Stone and Steel :: :: Baby Eyes :: :: Boil the Kettle, Mother :: :: Butterly Kiss :: :: Short Circuit :: :: Just Who :: :: The Inner Sounds of the id ::Yet another uncredited lp by the late great session guitarist, Jerry Cole. This one is different though: The id were a full on pop group with vocals and radio ready pop tunes and the

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:: Uncle Sam & Anti-Nuke ::Lola VS. Powerman, Magneto And Titanium Man, Dr. Heckyll And Mr. Jive. And now, in this proud tradition of comic book style faceoffs: Uncle Sam & Anti-Nuke. OK, so this is nothing like those other songs in any way, and there's no real faceoff. There are however, enough wanking and pinch harmonics to set any ex Guitar Center employee ashudder.Caesar has quite a roster

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:: Uncle Floyd Show Theme :: :: Oogie's Boogie :: :: September in the Rain :: :: The Dull Family :: :: On the Boardwalk (performed by Bruce Stringbean) :: :: Pasquale's Pizzeria :: :: Symon Offkey :: :: T for Turnpike :: :: Deep in the Heart of Jersey (performed by Cowboy Charley) :: :: Interview of the Week :: :: Exactly Like You :: :: The Polka Show :: :: Oh Yeah :: :: Josephina Please No

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:: Get Up & Get Down ::When I was about 9 or 10, me and my best friend were cracking each other up by trying to sound black. We had heard the Ohio Players for the first time in our lives and were in awe, didn’t quite know what to make of it yet. So we were trying to say “Ow!” like the singer, taking blind stabs at this idea and attitude of funk. When we were busted moments later by my oldest

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Mike suggested I repost this, since it is actually not too bad a time to be an American. So I will. Well, I'll post this link and reactivate the mp3:http://recordrobot.blogspot.com/2006/01/man-does-it-feel-good-to-be-american.htmlTony

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Zipped up in one fantastic saxophone crime package, but limited time only! :: Man With A Gun :: :: You Crossed My Mind Today :: :: Lost In Love :: :: Love Me :: :: Can't Wait Anymore :: :: I Wan'ta See Jesus :: :: Miss Ruby Lee :: :: Young Soldier :: :: My Own Washington State :: :: Dog Track Blues :: :: This Man Is My Father :: :: Surrender :: :: Sounds Like Hurt :: :: You're The Reason Love

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:: Merry-Go-Round :: :: I Think A Cloud Blew Out The Moon :: :: The Animals On The Farm :: :: Just For Fun :: :: The Wind :: :: The Stately Trees :: :: Sleep My Baby Sleep ::Most of the children’s records I’ve come across are horrible, mainly because the vocalists seem to think amusing children requires campy, cloying performances. Like the creepy hosts of children’s tv shows, they

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:: The Star Spangled Banner :: :: The Yankee Doodle Boy :: :: America The Beautiful :: :: You're A Grand Old Flag :: :: Conquest of the American Wilderness :: :: The Stars And Stripes Forever ::It just dawned on me that the weird little Christmas album I have that I haven't gotten around to posting is by the very same guy who did this, which I picked for the very same reason -- something "

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:: Creedence Medley :: :: McArthur Park Medley ::Yet another night club act who had no business documenting their musical indiscretions on vinyl, yet here it is: The Chandler Conspiracy. The time: The early 70s. The material: Medleys of current day hits - some with Christian overtones. The look: Sideburns (except for the lovely ladies of course). The sound: Well, you decide.For some reason, I

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Entire Album, Zipped (YSI) :: Lying Here Loving You :: :: Goodbye Unspoken :: :: Cross Country Driver :: :: She's My Lady :: :: Sweet Street Lady :: :: Dues :: :: Let My Imagination :: :: Also Ran :: :: Goodlight (Show Me Home) :: :: Picture of Mom And Dad ::Note from Tony: Alec is a good friend of ours who shares a similar interest in weird and wonderful vinyl, and whose ".25¢ Record

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:: Bedrock Rap/Meet The Flintstones :: :: Take Me Out To The Ballgame ::We all get bad ideas; terrible concepts, the perfect band name, plays on words that seem remarkably clever upon conception. And most of us later realize that our ideas aren't quite so remarkable, either by the cold hard light of later reflection, or even more quickly by a "who farted?" look from the first person you tell.

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:: 007 Rides Again :: :: Mo Jo :: :: Ripple Blues :: :: Mustang :: :: Dang Thing :: :: Coming On :: :: Unchained Soul :: :: One For The Money :: :: Great Scott :: :: Movin' On. ::A couple of years ago, I posted this article about Jerry Cole in these very pages. The last paragraph went like this: Funny how at the time it was like, "yeah, these old guys are pretty good", but when you learn a

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:: The Andy Griffith Show Theme - The Fishin' Hole :: :: I Spy ::Earle Hagen, who passed away last week at age 88 may not have had the most recognizable name, but his compositions are among the most iconic of the mid to late 20th century. With the advent of television, Hagen's style found a new home when a tune he wrote in the late 30s while doing stints in big bands as a trombonist became the

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:: A Jolly Theatrical Season ::Robert Morse and Charles Nelson Reilly were creatures of Broadway whose paths crossed during the stage production of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. Apparently the two hit it off well enough to want to make this album together, and I was lucky enough to find a copy some 35 years after it first appeared on the shelves. Their enthusiasm for the

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:: Classical Gas :: :: Witchita Lineman :: :: I Don't Want To Be With Me :: :: Harper Valley P.T.A. :: :: Little Green Apples :: :: Fire Engine Red :: :: Kansas City ::Sometimes, there's a man, well, he's the man for his time and place. He fits right in there. Fancy threads like Robert Wagner mighta worn when he was courtin' Natalie Wood, and a double necked lavender gee-tar with a sparklin'

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:: The Letter People, A-Z ::[note from Tony: When I imported these into iTunes, the artist showed up as simply "People," so adjust your tags accordingly]This record and I go back a ways. No, I wasn't brainwashed by it as a child because by the time this record came out I was busy buying Black Sabbath records. I have been aware of it though for about 15 years now, and the story of how I became

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