Countless artists (mostly from the States, for some reason) proclaimed their love for the Fab Four in song. Some songs seem downright tacky, as if attaching the Beatles' name to a record's title would guarantee its sale. Still, with titles like "The Beatle Bounce", "Saint Paul", and even "Stamp Out The Beatles", these songs are a fun listen, if only to capture the spirit of Beatlemania!
Being the obsessive Beatles fan I am, I was so pleased to hear of this newly released cd - "Beatlemaniacs!!! The World of Beatle Novelty Records"
. Beatles novelty songs are notoriously hard to acquire (cheaply), and finally you can get 24 in one cd! I haven't ordered it yet, but apparently it also comes with a booklet of notes and photographs. How how exciting is this?? This site has the complete track listing. I can't find any site with tracks for preview, so I'm offering two here:
The Bon Bons - What's Wrong With Ringo (thanks to Ion for this track. Check out his mixes at Art of the Mix. His 60s compilations are really good!)
The Four Preps - A Letter To The Beatles (30 seconds)
Considering there are tons of novelty Beatles songs out there, one cd alone can't collect all the tunes. Hopefully Ace Records will make a whole series of these cds! Here's another Beatles novelty song that's not on this cd:
Bridget - America
3 comments:
Happy to see some of those hard to find Beatles novelty records getting a legitimate release. It only took 40 years ;) Thanks for the props too. My mom always likes to see her pride and joy's name in print.
Beatles novelty records are a genre by themselves. How exciting!
Wait, didn't we just have a conversation like this recently, I can't remember:)
thanks for that link roar! =) i've never heard it before. i can never get enough of Beatles covers!
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