Off The Record

Over the next couple of days, I will be publishing posts that I previously had done on the “Off the Record” blog between June 2007 and August 2007.  There will be approximately 2 posts every day until I have completed the archive

Record label: Jass Records

Category: Compilation

Release No: JASS 2

A Howard Melton Production

Source recordings from Henry Schmidt, Jr.

Sound: Carl Seltzer

Artwork: Milton Knight

Design, Lettering and inking: Collin Kellogg

Copyrighted: 1986

Side 1: My Gal Sal (Vocal, Del Porter), Ugga Ugga Boo Ugga Boo Boo Ugga (Vocal: Ding Bell), Molasses (Vocal: George Rock), Dance of the Hours (Commentary: Doodles Weaver), Yakka Hula Hickey Dula (Vocals: Del Porter and Eddie Metcalf, Guitar: Freddy Morgan), Oh! By Jingo (Vocal: Del Porter), Down in Jungletown (Vocal: Paul Judson, Freddy Morgan and the Headhunters), Daddy Won’t You Buy Me A Baby Brother (Vocal: George Rock)

Side 2: The Ringmaster (Vocals: The Ensemble), Drip! Drip! Drip! (Vocal: Del Porter), April Showers (Vocal: Doodles Weaver), Charlie My Boy (Vocal: Del Porter), Too Young (Vocals, Paul Frees and Sara Berner), Shortning Bread (Vocal: Doodles Weaver), Ballet For Bosun’s Mate (Liszt), Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue (Vocal: Del Porter)

This compilation LP from Jass is a rare collection of studio performances by Lindley Armstrong (Spike) Jones, and his City Slickers.

Most (if not all) of these recordings were originally made for radio broadcast, and to my knowledge only two have recently appeared on CD (Ugga Ugga Boo… for one) and the Slickers demolition of the song “Too Young”

For cartoon fans, the cover art was done by the legendary Milton Knight. (the only LP to date that has Milt’s wildly imaginative artwork that I have in my collection at the moment)

I have the image of the back cover.  click on the cover below to see a larger version