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One Dollar Vinyl One Dollar Vinyl
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Have you ever flipped through the bargain bin at your local record shop and wondered to yourself "who would buy this"? The answer is us! Join Tess and Kat as we find the cheapest records around and give them a fair and honest review.
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Alberta Hunter - The Glory of Alberta Hunter
She may be in her eighties, but she's not your average grandma. This jazz record from 1982 shows it's never too late to restart a music career. But is this New York bag lady as glorious as the record title suggests?
Show notes:
1979 interview
1935 recording of "You Can't Tell the Difference After Dark"
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Father John Cootes - self titled
Father John Cootes is not a regular Catholic priest, he's a cool priest. This Australian Rugby League playing, furniture chain owning, high diving, plane flying, muscle having man of the cloth wanted to beef up his resume, so he released an album. Obviously.
Show notes:
John Cootes furniture warehouse TV ad from 1990
Photo of John Cootes during a CEO sleepout event (plus article)
Speech from being awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia
Another football player turned singer - Will Clift -
Haircut 100 - Pelican West
Who ruins some perfectly good white aran sweaters by laying on some filthy leaf litter? These larrikins, that's who. With a boy band look and a new wave sound, this group had so much potential. So why did we find them in the dollar bin?
Show notes:
Music Around Us - the Australian documentary that explored New Wave music
The Clancy Brothers, wearing Aran sweaters decades before Haircut 100 -
Alvin and the Chipmunks - The Chipmunks Rock the House
These squeaky voiced anthropomorphic rodents have been largely inescapable since the 1960s. How did something so annoying get so popular? And, more importantly, can we get through listening to an entire album of those high pitched voices without flipping the turntable in rage?
Show notes:
David Seville - Don't Whistle at me Baby
1990 drug prevention film special "Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue"
Sludgefest (Chipmunks slowed down to recorded speed) -
Mark Holden - Encounter
Mark Holden has been most recently "famous" as a judge on Australian Idol and a contestant on Dancing with the Stars. He was also a singer in his youth and released this album in 1977, which is primarily about gettin' it on. Spoiler alert: it's kinda gross.
Show notes:
Shine by Vanessa Amorosi
Touchdown on Australian Idol
His "Dancing with the Stars" performance -
Herb Alpert - Whipped Cream and Other Delights
This 1965 album boasts one of the most infamous record covers in existance. It's lewd, lascivious, salacious, outrageous. And the music is...easy listening latin jazz?
Show notes:
The Teaberry shuffle ad
This Guy’s in Love With You