First up on Monday:
The Little Red Album (1968)
From EMI's press release:
"Mainly inspired by John, who happened to be on acid while watching the Paris students riots in the summer of '68, this collection was recorded on one night between dusk and dawn, in a "very collective" session (John speaking). Its release was blocked by Yoko Ono, who, being a Jap, doesn't like Chinks."
TRACK LISTING
Love Mao Do
(Won't You) Please Police Me
The Long and Winding Capitalist Roaders
Happiness Proceeds Out of the Barrel of a Warm Gun
Rice Paddies Forever
I Don't Want to Spoil the Party, So I'll Criticize Myself
Paperback Tiger
And on Wednesday:
McCartney and Friend (1970)
EMI again:
"Not to be outdone by his colleagues, Paul sought to make a statement about his musical roots. The result was Paul McCartney and Friend, a lavish, saccharine overorchestrated Nelson Riddle production. McCartney blocked release of the LP when Sinatra dedicated "That's Why the Lady is a Tramp" to his wife Linda."
TRACK LISTING:
I Did It My Way
Theme from The Man With the Golden Arm
A Foggy Day
My Funny Valentine
6 comments:
your blog was always politically strident - now it's just getting boring. consider yourself unbookmarked.
delete my account!
I am depressed.
:-)
Maybe it's just that jokes about Jews (Rabbi Soul) trump jokes about collectivism. Still, the sheer wit of those NatLamp guys at their prime dazzles and these were the most literate of Beatle parodies.
AP
I'm bidding on e-Bay for the 1977 JFK issue.
There's a parody James Bond movie poster -- for a flick called "The Spy With The Biggest Penis You Ever Saw in Your Life" -- that I want to blow up and frame.
:-)
I just bought the 1975 3-D issue for $8. Couldn't resist. I'd get every one up to '78 or so, if I could.
Now I find myself browsing the web looking for a Cheech Wizard t-shirt.
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