VA: pt. 7 - Weird & Wacky

Independent UK sez:
     "Until her recent passing, Vicki Fox was a versatile cog in the Ace Records machine, handling artwork and compiling several theme-based compilations. This anthology of bizarre instrumentals was her final work for the label, its enthusiastic diversity and effusive character making for an apt tribute. Tribal drums, twangy guitars, spooky organs and synths abound, often in unusual combinations: Jan Davis's "Watusi Zombie" yokes together horror, exotica and rockabilly, while Ray Ellis's "The Sheik" is an unfeasibly ambitious exercise in cod-Arabic go-go harpsichord and horns.
     Outre FX are littered throughout, from quirky guitar noises and animal shrieks to the (apparently real) puking sounds heralding The Martinis' Memphis soul groove "Hung Over".
     But it's the unearthed rarities that delight most, from Sixties space oddities like The 101 Strings' eerie "Flameout" and "Waltz in Orbit" by Ray Cathode (aka The Radiophonic Workshop), to the Tornadoes obscurity "Hot Pot" and the lovely dry, tribal drum-machine workout "Funky Me", the B-side of Timmy Thomas's "Why Can't We Live Together?"."

One of my favorite is Bo Diddley doing a great Mexican surf-guitar twang-thang. So just get wacky, just go crazy for a while (How weird you want??? We've got Leonard Nimoy...that Spock can rawk...enough said)...

Various – Sounds of the Unexpected (Weird & Wacky Instrumentals from Pop's Final Frontiers),
Ace CDTOP 1505, 2017.
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Watusi Zombie - Jan Davis
Savage Girl - Felix & His Fabulous Cats
Mad Train - Andre Brasseur & His Multi-Sound Organ
War of the Worlds - The Atlantics
Funky Me - Timmy Thomas
Caravan - Gabor Szabo
Hot Pot - The Tornados
Aztec - Bo Diddley
R.F.D. Rangoon - The Forbidden Five
Watusie Freeze Pt1 - Big Walter & The Thunderbirds
Flameout - The 101 Steings
Music to Watch Space Girls By - Leonard Nimoy
Uh-Oh - The Imps
Waltz in Orbit - Ray Cathode
Moog Indigo - Jean Jacques Perrey
Space Walk - The Astros
Hung Over - The Martinis
The Sheik - Ray Ellis & His Orchestra
B'wana Bongos - Preston Epps
Long Sentence - The Upsetters
It's Karate Time - Travis Wammack
Zocko - The Ventures
Misirlou - Martin Denny
Russian Roulette - The Zanies 

 

 

 

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