Fantastica #12
BeNeFraDe-X 1
 Johan

 
 
  1. Golden Music Orchestra: "Diplomatic fingers"
    • album "Music in transit"
    • LP, Golden Music GE 2004, Belgium, 197? | ++++
    • info: Rockin' brass + screaaaaamin' fuzzzzzzz. Sound Gallery stuff from Belgium.
  2. Braem & Van Gool: "Eurovisiesongfestival (edit)"
    • album "Alias"
    • LP | not rated
    • info: Eurovision parodists. (Belgium)
  3. Jo Leemans & Jack Hammer: "Twist talk"
    • compil. "Witlof from Belgium"
    • CD, BRT, Belgium, 198? | not rated
    • info: Jack Hammer recorded this when staying in Antwerp; twisted twist with too stupid talking and laughing by Flemish female star Jo Leemans. (Belgium)
  4. Connie Boermans: "Baby won't you come with me"
    • album "Visit to Venus"
    • LP, | ++++
    • info: Rockin' Hammond Caravan plagiarism; sultry female repeats "Baby won't you come with me?" I'd love to... (Netherlands)
  5. Soeur Sourire: "Dominique (very short fragment)"
    • album "The Singing Nun"
    • LP | +
    • info: No comment. (Belgium)
  6. Lucia Meeuwsen & Lieuwe Visser: "In en om de kamers van Morgagni"
    • album "Schippers in Plafondvaart"
    • CD, De Jongste Dag Amsterdam CDJD 15 WTS, Netherlands, 1992 | +++
    • info: Experimental vocal music parody by Holland's most creative artist, Wim T. Schippers (Netherlands)
  7. Biermösl Blosn: "Im St. Gotthardt Tunnel"
    • album "Jodel horror monster show"
    • CD, Mood 33.633, Germany, 199? | ++
    • info: Alphorn plays... Bonanza! (Germany)
  8. Golden Music Orchestra: "Bangala"
    • album "Trumpet prayer"
    • LP, Golden Music, Belgium, 197? | +++
    • info: The 3 B's: brass + bongo's + birdcalls... and apecalls too. (Belgium)
  9. Ronald and Donald: "Kwek kwek (very short fragment)"
    • album "Kwek Kwek"
    • LP, Netherlands | +++
    • info: Holland's answer too the Chipmunks. (Netherlands)
  10. Jazzmesse: "Einzungslied (edit)"
    • single "Der Herr ist bei uns, halleluja"
    • 7", ams-studio 15014, Germany, 1966 | not rated
    • info: Awfull over the top religious amateur jazz with a church organ solo Jonathan Edwards would be proud off. (Germany)
  11. Bernadette Soubirou et ses Apparitions: "Non je ne regrette rien"
    • compil. "Piaf-Fréhel" (Ma grand-mère est un e rockeuse)
    • CD, Boucherie Prod. 512 111 distrib Polygram, France, 1992 | +
    • info: The lyrics are pronounced in a hilarious imitation of an accellerating motorcycle! (France)
  12. Johnny Gwendy: "Ebb tide"
    • album "The 15 years old wonderboy"
    • LP, Belgium, 197? | ++++
    • info: Hammond, with an even better, heavy wailing version than Al Anthony's. (Belgium)
  13. James Last: "U-Humbah"
    • album "Voodoo-Party"
    • LP, Polydor stereo 2371 235, Canada issue, 1972 | +++++
    • info: Soulful Hammond, brass, wild afro-Latin percussion, fuzz, and chorus chanting "humbah!" Tooo wild! (Germany)
  14. Henri Salvador: "Kissinger Le Duc Tho"
    • single "Kissinger Le Duc Tho"
    • 7", Rigolo RI 10 084, France, 1971? | not rated
    • info: Heavy "woosh" synths, latin rhythm plus speech parts by Monsier Salvador imitating both Kissinger and that other guy; weird! (Fance)
  15. Pop Concerto orchestra: "Little girl"
    • compil. "Orchestraux N° 1"
    • LP, Disc'AZ 85.024/025, France, 1973 | +++
    • info: Very French Moogish pop with wordless "pababaaaaaa" vocals.
  16. Jo Haazen: "The entertainer"
    • album "Beiaard van Antwerpen"
    • LP, Decca, Belgium, 1977 | ++
    • info: Flander's biggest and oldest carillon plays Joplin.
  17. Lesie Humphries And His Friends: "Under the ground"
    • album "Pop Party"
    • LP, Karussell | ++++
    • info: Sevo told me this probably is "an early record of Les Humphries of the Les Humphries Singers. He is English, but Hamburg based, and catered primarily for a German audience." Rockin' vibes; groovy is the word.
  18. Schöneberger "Sängerknaben": "Deutschland über alles"
    • compil. "Daß ein gutes Deutschland blühe"
    • 7", Gema, Germany, 1990 | not rated
    • info: Three German politicians make a fool of themselves by "singing" as off-key as possible.
  19. Jean Claude Pelletier et son Orchestre: "Saint Averty's blues"
    • compil. "Crazy cocktail party"
    • CD, BMG Ariola 37997 2, Belgium, 1996, deleted | +++ Review
    • info: "Saint Averty's blues" is very heavy on brass, woodwinds, strings; this has a certain Schifrin quality. "Allahabad" has a trippy rhythm and oriental flavour. (Belgium)
  20. Jack Say and his Orchestra: "Allahabad"
    • compil. "Crazy cocktail party"
    • see above mention of this record for more details
  21. Kamagurka & De Vlaamse Primitieven: "Only the lonely (edit)"
    • album "Vakantie in de Beesten"
    • CD, Schaar 019, Belgium, 1994 | +
    • info: Strange and disturbing a capella version. (Belgium)
  22. The Cousins: "Anda"
    • compil. "Color in dance 12: Latin favorites"
    • LP, Palette stereo MPB S-3199, Belgium or Netherlands, 1968 | +
    • info: Twangy Shadowsy guitar meets Morriconish wordless vocals; Spanish castagnets add some exoticism. (Belgium)
  23. Charles Dumont: "Thème Maria"
    • soundtrack "Trafic" (un film de Jacques Tati)
    • LP, Disques Somethin' Else 6441 001, France, 197? | +++
    • info: Heavenly and wordless female "lalala" vocal on a beautifull tender melody. Other tracks have incredible fuzz guitars. (France)
  24. Rita: "Super érotica"
    • single "Super érotica/Make love to me"
    • 7", JAG 122 007, France, 197? | +++
    • info: This funky Hammond plus electric guitar instro isn't sexy, it IS sex all over with a totally out-of-control moaning and sighing woman. (France)
  25. Jack Ary Et Son High Society Orchestra: "Les tomates"
    • single "Les tomates" (mange des tomates)
    • 7", Vogue VG 108, France, 1958 | +++
    • info: Silly promotional "eat tomatoes" lyrics over a nice mambo. (France)
  26. Big Band with Louis Fiers at the organ: "Chopstick rhythm"
    • album "Gives you something special"
    • LP, Monopole, Belgium, 197? | +++
    • info: Brass plus Hammond again, and it rocks its nervous jazz rhythms all the way to a big finish! (Belgium)


 
ratings: +++++outstanding, ++++very good, +++good, ++not bad, +so-so, -yuk