VA — Dr. Demento Presents: The Greatest Novelty Records of All Time (Limited Edition) (1985)

FLAC (tracks, scans) / MP3 320 kbps | 3h 54 min | Genre: Novelty, Comedy, Humor, Parody, Country | 1.2 GB / 560 MB

Barret Eugene \»Barry\» Hansen (born April 2, 1941) better known as Dr. Demento, is an American radio broadcaster and record collector specializing in novelty songs, comedy, and strange or unusual recordings dating from the early days of phonograph records to the present. Hansen created the Demento persona in 1970 while working at Los Angeles station KPPC-FM. He played \»Transfusion\» by Nervous Norvus on the radio, and DJ \»The Obscene\» Steven Clean said that Hansen had to be \»demented\» to play it, and the name stuck. His weekly show went into syndication in 1974] and was syndicated by the Westwood One Radio Network from 1978 to 1992. Broadcast syndication of the show ended on June 6, 2010, but the show continues to be produced weekly in an online version.

Hansen has a degree in ethnomusicology and has written magazine articles and liner notes on recording artists outside of the novelty genre. He is credited with introducing new generations of listeners to artists of the early and middle 20th century whom they might not have otherwise discovered, such as Harry McClintock, Spike Jones, Benny Bell, Yogi Yorgesson, Stan Freberg, and Tom Lehrer, as well as with brig parodist \»Weird Al\» Yankovic to national attention

Volume I: The 40s (And Before)

A1 — The Okeh Laughing Record

A2 — Groucho Marx — Hooray For Captain Spaulding

A3 — Jimmy Durante — Inka Dinka Doo

A4 — Cab Calloway — Minnie The Moocher

A5 — Billy Costello — I\’m Popeye The Sailor Man

A6 — Kay Kyser — Three Little Fishes

A7 — The Hoosier Hot Shots — I Like Bananas Because They Have No Bones

B1 — Spike Jones — Cocktails For Two

B2 — Arthur Godfrey — Too Fat Polka

B3 — Lonzo & Oscar — I\’m My Own Grandpa

B4 — Tex Williams — Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)

B5 — Benny Bell & Paul Wynn — Shaving Cream

B6 — Larry Vincent — The Freckle Song

B7 — Felix Figueroa — Pico And Sepulveda

Volume II: The 1950s

C1 — Sheb Wooley — The Purple People Eater

C2 — Nervous Norvus — Transfusion

C3 — Buchanan & Goodman — Flying Saucer

C4 — Homer & Jethro — The Battle Of Kookamonga

C5 — The Cadets — Stranded In The Jungle

C6 — Bob McFadden & Dor — The Mummy

C7 — Spencer & Spencer — Russian Bandstand

D1 — Phil Harris — The Thing

D2 — Tom Lehrer — Masochism Tango

D3 — Stan Freberg — Little Blue Riding Hood

D4 — Jerry Lewis — Sunday Driving

D5 — Jackie Gleason — One Of These Days

D6 — Ruth Wallis — The Dinghy Song

D7 — Kay Thompson — Eloise

Volume III: The 1960s

E1 — Lonnie Donegan — Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavour (On The Bedpost Overnight)

E2 — Brian Hyland — Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

E3 — The Ran-Dells — Martian Hop

E4 — The Hollywood Argyles — Alley-Oop

E5 — Ray Stevens — Gitarzan

E6 — The Trashmen — Surfin\’ Bird

E7 — Allan Sherman — Hello Mudduh, Hello Fadduh!

F1 — Bobby (Boris) Pickett — Monster Mash

F2 — Larry Verne — Mr. Custer

F3 — Napoleon XIV — They\’re Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!

F4 — Dr. West\’s Medicine Show & Junk Band — The Eggplant That Ate Chicago

F5 — Rusty Warren — Bounce Your Boobies

F6 — Tiny Tim — Tip-Toe Thru\’ The Tulips With Me

F7 — Tom Lehrer — So Long, Mom (A Song For World War III)

Volume IV: The 1970s

G1 — Randy Newman — Short People

G2 — Larry Groce — Junk Food Junkie

G3 — \»Weird Al\» Yankovic — My Bologna

G4 — Barnes & Barnes — Fish Heads

G5 — Shel Silverstein — Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out

G6 — Rose And The Arrangement — The Cockroach That Ate Cincinnati

G7 — Fred Blassie — Pencil Neck Geek

H1 — The Rocky Horror Picture Show — Warp

H2 — Steve Martin — King Tut

H3 — Cheech & Chong — Earache My Eye (feat. Alice Bowie)

H4 — Hank, Stu, Dave & Hank — My Dead Dog Rover

H5 — Loudon Wainwright III — Dead Skunk

H6 — Ogden Edsl — Dead Puppies

Volume V: The 1980s

I1 — \»Weird Al\» Yankovic — Eat It

I2 — Stevens & Grdnic — Fast Food

I3 — Jump \’N The Saddle — The Curly Shuffle

I4 — Bruce Springstone — Bedrock Rap-Meet The Flintstones

I5 — Julie Brown — The Homecoming Queen\’s Got A Gun

I6 — Travesty Ltd. — Rock \’N\’ Roll Doctor

J1 — Rodney Dangerfield — Rappin\’ Rodney

J2 — Marvin The Paranoid Android — Marvin I Love You

J3 — Bryan Bowers — The Scotsman

J4 — \»Weird Al\» Yankovic — Another One Rides The Bus

J5 — Bob & Doug McKenzie — Take Off

J6 — Tom \»T-Bone\» Stankus — Existential Blues

Volume VI: Christmas

K1 — Spike Jones — All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth

K2 — Allan Sherman — The Twelve Days Of Christmas

K3 — Gayla Peevey — I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas

K4 — Dickie Goodman — Santa And The Satellite

K5 — Tom Lehrer — A Christmas Carol

K6 — Stan Freberg — Green Christmas

L1 — Elmo & Patsy — Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer

L2 — Yogi Yorgesson — I Yust Go Nuts At Christmas

L3 — Stan Freberg — Nuttin\’ For Christmas

L4 — The Three Stooges — Wreck The Halls With Boughs Of Holly

L5 — Wild Man Fischer & Dr. Demento — I\’m A Christmas Tree

L6 — Cheech & Chong — Santa Claus And His Old Lady