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Post by ratscabies on Mar 21, 2021 20:05:25 GMT -4
Dr Demento had a day job, you know. At Warner Bros Records.
Perhaps some of you are old enough to have been buying records in the 70s. Remember the ads on the paper inner sleeves pitching two-record compilation albums for $2 ( I think the last one was titled Limo) that Warner albums had in them?
Dr Demento put those together.
It doesn’t surprise me at all that his records trashed his house. I only have thousands of them, and I moved them to the basement in the early 90s. At that time I counted and had just over 5k. I slowed down the vinyl intake when CDs came out, but I haven’t stopped.
The downside is when I flip through the new vinyl at Target or BAM, it goes: got it, flip, got it, flip, got it, flip....
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Post by PearlySweetcake on Mar 22, 2021 0:42:03 GMT -4
Dr Demento had a day job, you know. At Warner Bros Records. Perhaps some of you are old enough to have been buying records in the 70s. Remember the ads on the paper inner sleeves pitching two-record compilation albums for $2 ( I think the last one was titled Limo) that Warner albums had in them? Dr Demento put those together. It doesn’t surprise me at all that his records trashed his house. I only have thousands of them, and I moved them to the basement in the early 90s. At that time I counted and had just over 5k. I slowed down the vinyl intake when CDs came out, but I haven’t stopped. The downside is when I flip through the new vinyl at Target or BAM, it goes: got it, flip, got it, flip, got it, flip.... Fellow vinyl rat checking in.  Dr. D. was king of the Warner Brothers loss leader! I still have a couple in my vinyl collection. Like you, I was a vinyl demon back in the day, though probably no more than 2,000 total. However, I worked for two large chains of Seattle music stores, one used, one new, for about ten years. And I was a comedy/novelty deejay at a local public radio station for about eight years back in the 90s, so sometimes a record in the used music store would disappear overnight to be played on my show, and was snuck back into the racks the next day. The owner never said anything, but I think he knew.  And like you, I downsized a lot over the years, down to about 600 records, enough to anchor down the bottom shelf of my bookcases. (When we had a lively 6.8 earthquake some years ago, I lost a glass lamp that flew across the room. However, the bookcases didn't budge.) However unlike you, the vinyl I kept are the titles that I swear no one else has, like Goldie Hawn singing with Buck Owens' Buckaroos. A William Shatner live double album. And a lot of Zappa. Oh, we were talking about home decoration! Thanks ladyboy for the suggestion about looking for used Henredon furniture. There are some nice consignment stores in Seattle that have estate sale pieces. I'll check with them in the coming weeks. |
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Post by famvir on Mar 22, 2021 1:33:35 GMT -4
All Singing All Dancing All Talking. “Badges? Badges? We don’t need no stinkin’ badges.”
The Big Ball, I Didn’t Know They Still Made Records Like This (my favorite.) We don’t have a record player, but we still have most of the Loss Leaders!
I grew up in the LA area. Dr Demento would broadcast from the basement in a church in Pasadena. We would drive there and watch him through the basement window. My favorite song was “Pico and Sepulveda.”
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Post by PearlySweetcake on Mar 22, 2021 4:02:10 GMT -4
I love how House and Home II: Shelter In Place has evolved into a Dr. Demento appreciation thread. <3
Tar Pits!!!!
My favorite song was Shel Silverstein's "The Smoke-Off", which is where I got my name Pearly Sweetcake.
KZOK, a rock station in Seattle, was the first station outside California to play Dr. D. in syndication. Sunday nights from 11pm - 1am, and I'd be at the ready with my FM stereo with built-in cassette recorder. I'd be sleepy as hell in class the next day, but I had the tape! Dr. D.'s show is where I first heard of someone named "Weird Al" Yankovic, singing "My Bologna", a parody of "My Sharona". I didn't know anything about him, but I hoped he had red hair and glasses, as my 15-year-old self had a thing for smart and funny guys like that.
Later on, when I moved to L.A. in the early 80s, I listened to the Dr.'s show live on KMET, and to call the show with requests was a dream come true.
Oh man, if Dr. D. had been recording his show in my town, I would've been camping outside that basement window like a groupie - "Can I get you anything, Dr.? Coffee? Sandwiches?"
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Post by ratscabies on Mar 22, 2021 7:30:33 GMT -4
Dr Demento had a day job, you know. At Warner Bros Records. Perhaps some of you are old enough to have been buying records in the 70s. Remember the ads on the paper inner sleeves pitching two-record compilation albums for $2 ( I think the last one was titled Limo) that Warner albums had in them? Dr Demento put those together. It doesn’t surprise me at all that his records trashed his house. I only have thousands of them, and I moved them to the basement in the early 90s. At that time I counted and had just over 5k. I slowed down the vinyl intake when CDs came out, but I haven’t stopped. The downside is when I flip through the new vinyl at Target or BAM, it goes: got it, flip, got it, flip, got it, flip.... Fellow vinyl rat checking in. Dr. D. was king of the Warner Brothers loss leader! I still have a couple in my vinyl collection. Like you, I was a vinyl demon back in the day, though probably no more than 2,000 total. However, I worked for two large chains of Seattle music stores, one used, one new, for about ten years. And I was a comedy/novelty deejay at a local public radio station for about eight years back in the 90s, so sometimes a record in the used music store would disappear overnight to be played on my show, and was snuck back into the racks the next day. The owner never said anything, but I think he knew. And like you, I downsized a lot over the years, down to about 600 records, enough to anchor down the bottom shelf of my bookcases. (When we had a lively 6.8 earthquake some years ago, I lost a glass lamp that flew across the room. However, the bookcases didn't budge.) However unlike you, the vinyl I kept are the titles that I swear no one else has, like Goldie Hawn singing with Buck Owens' Buckaroos. A William Shatner live double album. And a lot of Zappa. Oh, we were talking about home decoration! Thanks ladyboy for the suggestion about looking for used Henredon furniture. There are some nice consignment stores in Seattle that have estate sale pieces. I'll check with them in the coming weeks. Downsize? Me? Perish the thought! That was just the last time I COUNTED them. And I’ll see your Goldie Hawn/Buck Owens record, and raise you a Cybill Shepherd/Stan Getz album! |
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Post by mojogirl on Mar 22, 2021 12:31:23 GMT -4
My father had a bunch of Stan Freberg albums I *loved* listening to as a kid (The Great Pretender, anyone?) so when I got to college in LA in the 80's, I also started listening to Dr Demento. And he would play "Alice's Restaurant" every Thanksgiving.
Definitely check the consignment stores... I hear the kids today are not into the good furniture and are selling it off when they inherit it.
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Post by PearlySweetcake on Mar 22, 2021 14:18:15 GMT -4
Wow, with all the Dementoids and Dementites here, might be time to create (or resurrect?) a novelty music thread! ratscabies, I'd forgotten all about that Cybill Shepherd album - you're the only one I know who has a copy.
Back when I was in my early teens, my mom brought home a copy of Tom Lehrer's "That Was the Year That Was". It was 60s satire, so it looked interesting. Intelligent humor - set me on my journey.
Back on topic - thanks mojogirl for the consignment shop vote. I don't see myself scouring the shops looking for crystal or bone china, but a decent-priced Henredon would be a nice find.
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Post by ratscabies on Mar 22, 2021 14:38:36 GMT -4
My dad had Songs by Tom Lehrer and An Evening Wasted With. My nextdoor neighbor had TWTYTW.
In 7th grade, the lyrics to Pollution appeared printed in my science book. I asked my neighbor if I could borrow the album to take to school, and he said no.
Not because he didn’t trust me with his record, but because he was afraid the nuns at school would be offended by The Vatican Rag!
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Post by tabby on Mar 22, 2021 14:44:30 GMT -4
I have Tom Lehrer on CD, plus the Tom Lehrer songbook.
For some reason, after a choral society rehearsal, a couple of us were talking about Tom Lehrer and we eventually got to the point where we started singing The Vatican Rag. At least half-a-dozen other people joined in.
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Post by divasahm on Mar 22, 2021 18:23:56 GMT -4
I currently have a PBS special on my DVR of Tom Lehrer in Concert from the late '50s or early '60s. I was introduced to his work at a cast party for a musical I did when I was a teenager--I was the youngest person at the party, and everyone was thoroughly impressed that I enjoyed the album we heard...
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Dr. D. was king of the Warner Brothers loss leader! I still have a couple in my vinyl collection. Like you, I was a vinyl demon back in the day, though probably no more than 2,000 total. However, I worked for two large chains of Seattle music stores, one used, one new, for about ten years. And I was a comedy/novelty deejay at a local public radio station for about eight years back in the 90s, so sometimes a record in the used music store would disappear overnight to be played on my show, and was snuck back into the racks the next day. The owner never said anything, but I think he knew. 
And like you, I downsized a lot over the years, down to about 600 records, enough to anchor down the bottom shelf of my bookcases. (When we had a lively 6.8 earthquake some years ago, I lost a glass lamp that flew across the room. However, the bookcases didn't budge.) However unlike you, the vinyl I kept are the titles that I swear no one else has, like Goldie Hawn singing with Buck Owens' Buckaroos. A William Shatner live double album. And a lot of Zappa.
