Laughing Records
Ted Hering
1960-or-so-vintage Mad Magazine laughing record? It was about 5-inches
square, and made of cardboard. I had it once, but of course, since it
was only paper, it wore out right away.
Other laughing records:
The OKeh Laughing Record; The OKeh Laughing Record #2 (is this the one
where they are singing Carman?); "Delicious!" by Jim Backus; The [Spike]
Jones Laughing Record; I Went To Your Wedding by Spike Jones; Holiday
for Strings by Spike; MANY 78s by Englishman Charley Penrose (most
famous: The Laughing Policeman). Rudy Vallee's "There Is a Tavern In
the Town" was pressed "straight" on one side and a "blooper" version on
the other. About 10 years ago an LP was put out -- possibly for
production use only -- consisting of laughing.
Crying records: "Wabash Blues" by Cliffie Stone, with sobbing by Stan
Freberg; "I'm Thinking Tonight of my Blue Eyes" by Bob Atcher (studio
AND live versions).
There are undoubtedly others I can't think of now.
-Ted Hering
Redding, California
Benjamin Young
The ever-knowledgeable Ted Hering wrote:
[blah blah blah]
>Other laughing records:
[etc]
Just out of curiosity, what /are/ laughing records? Obviously they don't just
sit there spinning and laughing, since they seem to have various titles and
there is more than one... Is it a record label?
Thanks,
Ben
.sig grooving to _The Man Who Murdered Music_ CD and is happy at how long it is
Carlos May
[snip]
: Other laughing records:
[snip]
The Okeh Laughing Record 2 you mention seems different from the
one I know. Of course the famous #1 has a trumpet, man & woman
laughing. You mention a #2 with singing of Carmen. The other
Okeh laughing I'm familiar with is with a saxophone.
Henry A. Lytton (of the Savoy/Doyle Carte company of Gilbert
& Sullivan fame) recorded a laughing record 1910 or so, which
was reissued on the Lp "The Art of the Savoyard".
There is also "Laughing in Rhythm" by Sidney Bechet, and
"Laughing Louie" by Louis Armstrong. I think both were from the
1930s, and both have been reissued.
Brian Leibowitz
> There is also "Laughing in Rhythm" by Sidney Bechet, and
>"Laughing Louie" by Louis Armstrong. I think both were from the
>1930s, and both have been reissued.
Laughing in Rhythm was also done by Slim & Slam (Gailard & Stewart) in 1938.
(I have it on the collection Slim & Slam Original 1938 Recordings vol. 1)
narcissus (the Laughing Record) -=- Grenfell & Wisdom
(on collection "just for Laughs")
Ho Ho the laughing Monster -=- Ho Ho the laughing Monster
(on collection "Wavey Gravey")
Hlaturpolki (in icelandic) -=- (on "Hurdaskellir og stufur")
Brian
Chris P. Mezzolesta
In a previous article, ted.h...@fatal.com (Ted Hering) says:
>Any leads on a tape (or disc, for that matter!) of the
>1960-or-so-vintage Mad Magazine laughing record? It was about 5-inches
>square, and made of cardboard. I had it once, but of course, since it
>was only paper, it wore out right away.
Wish I had that one!!! The mag too!! The last cut on the 1959 RCA LP
"Musically MAD" is called (I believe, the LP is around here *somewhere*)
"Laughing Richard", and has some somewhat demented band music punctuated by
laughing from Henry Morgan, who appears elsewhere throughout the album.
The illustration for this cut has Morgan laughing his head off, sitting
down against a wall with a straitjacket on.
Also..."Laughing Blues" (the laughing provided also by clarinet, tuba,
etc.) by the Bonzo Dog Band, from the "Tadpoles" LP. NOt to mention
"Holiday for Strings", laughed by various member of the City Slickers -
this is the closing music & video to the Spike TV special to which the
erstwhile Mr. Hering provided some stuff...it was revived by JoAnne Worley
on "Laugh-In" and is on that soundtrack LP. Hey, how about "Slush", the
last Bonzo Dog Band single, from "Let's Make Up and Be Friendly"...slow,
ethereal organ and violins interrupted by a tape loop of what sounds like
Neil Innes laughing his head off too...Very weird record.
and let's not forget: uh huh huh huh huh huh huh
C
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Clayface
album 'Collector's Gold', where the King laughs through the whole song.
adam joshua smargon
Dr. Demento's 20th Anniversary Collection. (If memory serves [and
usually it doesn't], it's the first song on the first compact disc.)
The tail end of the song (it isn't actually a "song," but what else
can you briefly label a non-singing track on a CD that has almost
all [real] songs?) involves Mr. Backus and some female laughing their
heads off. What a riot...
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Ted Hering
-> Dr. Demento's 20th Anniversary Collection. (If memory serves [and
-> usually it doesn't], it's the first song on the first compact disc.)
-> The tail end of the song (it isn't actually a "song," but what else
-> can you briefly label a non-singing track on a CD that has almost
-> all [real] songs?) involves Mr. Backus and some female laughing their
-> heads off. What a riot...
->
-> adam j smargon :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
This 1957 release credits Jim Backus "and Friend." I've never come
across the identity of the lady. The truth is, she is funnier than
Backus! I don't know how she got herself into such a laughing jag!
Sometimes I think she might be Phyllis Diller. I guess it's a secret
Jim took with him to the grave.
-Ted Hering
Redding, California