Thursday, 16 December 2021

"Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection" The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time _ disc 1

This is the most essential of the Dr. Demento collections. It features most of the best known novelty hits of the 20th Century, plus some cult favorites that are among the most requested songs on the Dr. Demento Show. Classic hits like "Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh!", "Monster Mash", "Transfusion", "King Tut" and "They're Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!". And then there are songs like "Dead Puppies" and "Fish Heads" that weren't hits, but became popular from repeated exposure on the Dr. Demento Show. Of course, 2 CDs can't contain everything, and that's why there are other Dr. Demento anniversary collections. Start with this one, then get the other ones. (Record Runner)
Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection: The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time gathers two discs' worth of highlights from the five-volume Dr. Demento Presents series, as well as some of the good doctor's other favorite novelty singles. Anyone familiar with Demento's show will instantly recognize the Firm's "Star Trekkin'," Barnes & Barnes' "Fish Heads," and Darrell Hammond's "Wappin'," while Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "Monster Mash" and Sheb Wooley's "Purple People Eater" are among the novelty classics that have become part of the mainstream pop culture canon. Weird Al Yankovic's "Eat It," Ray Stevens' "Gitarzan," Julie Brown's "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun," Steve Martin's "King Tut," and Allan Sherman's "Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh! (A Letter From Camp)" are some of the other highlights of this fun collection, which is arguably the only novelty rock album most people will ever need. (Allmusic)

trax disc 1:
1. Delicious - Jim Backus 2. The Scotsman - Bryan Bowers 3. Junk Food Junkie - Larry Groce 4. Eat It - Weird Al Yankovic 5. Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour On the Bedpost Overnight - Lonnie Donegan & His Skiffle Group 6. Wet Dream - Kip Addotta 7. Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah! - Allan Sherman 8. Wappin' - Christopher Snell & Darrell Hammond 9. The Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley 10. Monster Mash - Bobby "Boris" Pickett & the Crypt-Kickers 11. Cocktails for Two - Spike Jones & His City Slickers 12. Transfusion - Nervous Norvus 13. Beep Beep - The Playmates 14. St. George and the Dragonet - Stan Freberg 15. Witch Doctor - David Seville 16. Gitarzan - Ray Stevens 17. Earache My Eye - Cheech & Chong Featuring Alice Bowie 18. Dead Puppies - Ogden Edsl
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12 comments:

RYP said...

"Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection" - disc 1
gitit! no pw
https://www37.zippyshare.com/v/NKikto7u/file.html

LeeVanCleef said...

Well, hello, childhood! I had just about every one of these songs recorded on a Radio Shack 60-minute cassette, recorded from my Radio Shack stereo.

Aitor Rodriguez said...

Thanks. Novelty fun.

cdelint said...

Thanks!

cdelint said...

This link seems to be dead.

RYP said...

please, try later!

Fieldhippie said...

Thank you

cdelint said...

Good advice, RYP. It works fine today. Thanks!

Bob W. said...

Great collection, brings back many memories. I'm looking forward to disc 2.

Tartesy said...

My grandkids love these songs, they just don't make them anymore. Looking forward to Vol. 2

Doccus Rockus Maximus said...

One similar to this I haven't been able to find, it's Bob River's Twisted Christmas.. have y'all heard of it, or maybe have it?
Thanks! Doc

Exeter said...

DARN!
File no longer exists... I'm sorry, RYP, that I'm not keeping up. Thanks for all your various and wonderful
posts for a lot of years! What a great site this is!