I ran into this one, and, though it's a novelty, I'd be remiss if I didn't repay my friend Ken with a digitized version of a song that he turned me on to back in junior high. He had a mangled version of the record, borrowed from his older brother's record collection. It made the rounds on early mix tapes, or what Ken used to refer to as "Shish Tapes" (as in tapes you listen to while you shit, shower and shave). A few years later, Ken and his friend Nick were the first friends to move out of the house and into their own bachelor pad, which loomed large in the world of young knuckleheads on the cusp of adulthood. He was also the first of my friends to get married and start a family and, though our lives have taken separate paths over the years, they continue to intersect, and we're still good friends. Friends with many, many in-jokes left to annoy and confuse spouses, girlfriends and, if we're lucky, parents.
I found this at the ever excellent Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban, with an alternate sleeve, credited to Alf Newman. Now, many years later, it's payback time.
I found this at the ever excellent Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban, with an alternate sleeve, credited to Alf Newman. Now, many years later, it's payback time.
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Listen:Alfred E. Newman - It's A Gas mp3 at Rock 'N' Soul Ichiban
Alfred E. Newman - Let's Do The Fink mp3 at Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban
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It's a classic, it's a collector's item, it's a gas! Thanks for the payback. Brought back a wave of great memories of 9th grade at Collier Jr. High. You kids out there, Jr. High (in the San Diego public schools in the '60s and '70s, anyway) was grades 7, 8 and 9. That's right, no high school until the 10th. So instead being fourth-class citizens in some giant high school, we ruled the roost as kings of Jr. High. Those were some great times!
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