Interesting talk and I have an American Chipmunks sing The Beatles album that I bought here in England years ago. I would like to hear an album of Beatles covers sung by Bob Koenig who I do actually know and is very talented. Wayne
When I was in 8th grade, I asked my mother to buy me a Beatles album. She came home with an album that was NOT the Beatles, but a cheap knock-off. I think the title was "Your Barber is a Bearcat Too", but I can't find any record of that record!
Don't forget that complete waste of vinyl double album from Capitol "The Beatles Story" which told fans NOTHING true or usual about the Fab Four. Pack of lies. George is claimed to have said they got their "Beatle hair cuts" when they went swimming and their hair dried that way? WTF?
That was definitely a cash grab album that exploited the Fabs, but it had the actual Beatles on the cover and on the album. Its the first place that we got to hear the group live at the Hollywood Bowl. But you are correct, it IS a type of exploitation album, but just a bit different from the ones in the show.
@@Beatletoon True. There was like 15 seconds of "Twist and Shout" (or something, it's been ages since I listened to that set). Not exactly worth the price of admission in my book.
What was the retailers' general policy on returns of these albums, since there must have been thousands of purchasers who only realized they had bought phonies once they took them out and played them? (They may have figured that at about 88 cents each, most people wouldn't bother bringing the disc back in.) Also, weren't these usually pressed on the ultra-cheap vinyl found with other albums sold in grocery stores, to the point that they flopped and light could be seen through them? Even legit acts like Elvis Presley released these cheapos on the RCA Camden label.
Yeah that was a disgusting and embarrassing trend with even big stars hopping on the bandwagon of trying to rip off the Beatles in addition to obvious knockoffs like the Beetles and the Buggs, the racks soon got completely infested with the likes of the Roches, the Buggles, the Mosquitos, Iron Butterfly, David Bowie's Spiders, Buddy Holly's Crickets, Michael Hutchens' INSX, Gnat King Cole, and worst of all: Adam and the Ants. I first got turned on to punk rock when I saw an advertisement promising that "Black Flag Kills Ants On Contact"! But no aerosol spray could clear the air of these acts -- they just got more generic with combos like the Animals and the Creatures, and then they began growing bigger with the likes of the Frogs, Modest Mouse, Phish, the Flying Lizards, Counting Crows, the Boomtown Rats, Budgie, the Chipmunks, A Flock of Seagulls, the Eagles, Fabulous Poodles, Atomic Rooster, Def Leppard, the Monkees, Seals & Crofts, the Cows, Govt Mule, Buffalo Springfield, the Bears... and who could forget Elephant's Memory?!? God, how I miss the days when music was made by *humans!*
Interesting talk and I have an American Chipmunks sing The Beatles album that I bought here in England years ago.
I would like to hear an album of Beatles covers sung by Bob Koenig who I do actually know and is very talented. Wayne
When I was in 8th grade, I asked my mother to buy me a Beatles album. She came home with an album that was NOT the Beatles, but a cheap knock-off. I think the title was "Your Barber is a Bearcat Too", but I can't find any record of that record!
Thats one of the tracks on said album
"The Bearcuts Swing in Beatlemania" is the album
@@LevittownHSThat's it! Thanks for tracking it down!
@@caprof54 welcome!! Bob
Loved this! Thanks guys. Great stuff !!!
This was definitely your funniest episode. Reality is funnier than imagination.
I have lots of them and a couple are decent
Don't forget that complete waste of vinyl double album from Capitol "The Beatles Story" which told fans NOTHING true or usual about the Fab Four. Pack of lies. George is claimed to have said they got their "Beatle hair cuts" when they went swimming and their hair dried that way? WTF?
That was definitely a cash grab album that exploited the Fabs, but it had the actual Beatles on the cover and on the album. Its the first place that we got to hear the group live at the Hollywood Bowl. But you are correct, it IS a type of exploitation album, but just a bit different from the ones in the show.
@@Beatletoon True. There was like 15 seconds of "Twist and Shout" (or something, it's been ages since I listened to that set). Not exactly worth the price of admission in my book.
What was the retailers' general policy on returns of these albums, since there must have been thousands of purchasers who only realized they had bought phonies once they took them out and played them? (They may have figured that at about 88 cents each, most people wouldn't bother bringing the disc back in.) Also, weren't these usually pressed on the ultra-cheap vinyl found with other albums sold in grocery stores, to the point that they flopped and light could be seen through them? Even legit acts like Elvis Presley released these cheapos on the RCA Camden label.
yes, a lot were pressed cheaply. who would return a record to the A&P? Nah, the kids were sadly stuck with said albums.
There were also Monkees Exploitation albums
I mentioned
them. have them too
Yeah that was a disgusting and embarrassing trend with even big stars hopping on the bandwagon of trying to rip off the Beatles in addition to obvious knockoffs like the Beetles and the Buggs, the racks soon got completely infested with the likes of the Roches, the Buggles, the Mosquitos, Iron Butterfly, David Bowie's Spiders, Buddy Holly's Crickets, Michael Hutchens' INSX, Gnat King Cole, and worst of all: Adam and the Ants. I first got turned on to punk rock when I saw an advertisement promising that "Black Flag Kills Ants On Contact"! But no aerosol spray could clear the air of these acts -- they just got more generic with combos like the Animals and the Creatures, and then they began growing bigger with the likes of the Frogs, Modest Mouse, Phish, the Flying Lizards, Counting Crows, the Boomtown Rats, Budgie, the Chipmunks, A Flock of Seagulls, the Eagles, Fabulous Poodles, Atomic Rooster, Def Leppard, the Monkees, Seals & Crofts, the Cows, Govt Mule, Buffalo Springfield, the Bears... and who could forget Elephant's Memory?!? God, how I miss the days when music was made by *humans!*