The World Of Rock 'n' Fun (Decca, 1975)

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Had this as a kid. Please vote for "best song" not "least racist illustration" or we'll be here all day.

https://i.imgur.com/AzHsd3y.png

https://www.discogs.com/release/4188429-Various-The-World-Of-Rock-n-Fun

Options:

The Hamburger Brothers - Omar The Vampar
The Goodies - Stuff That Gibbon
Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough
Alan Price - Simon Smith & The Amazing Dancing Bear
Typically Tropical - Barbados
The Goons - Ying Tong Song
Bobby 'Boris' Pickett - Monster Mash
Whistling Jack Smith - I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman
The Randells - The Martian Hop
Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack The Ripper
The Hollywood Argyles - Alley-Oop
David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome

Poll Results

Option	Votes
Lieutenant Pigeon - Mouldy Old Dough	8
Bobby 'Boris' Pickett - Monster Mash	2
The Hollywood Argyles - Alley-Oop	2
Alan Price - Simon Smith & The Amazing Dancing Bear	2
Screaming Lord Sutch - Jack The Ripper	2
The Randells - The Martian Hop	2
Whistling Jack Smith - I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman	1
The Hamburger Brothers - Omar The Vampar	0
The Goons - Ying Tong Song	0
Typically Tropical - Barbados	0
The Goodies - Stuff That Gibbon	0
David Bowie - The Laughing Gnome	0

― Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Wednesday, 26 February 2025 22:09 (nine months ago)

"Mouldy Old Dough" easily gets my vote but I feel obliged to show some love for "Simon Smith & The Amazing Dancing Bear"

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― you can see me from westbury white horse, Wednesday, 26 February 2025 22:11 (nine months ago)

Fun fact: Harry Seacombe had an exclusive contract for singing with Phillips records (hymns, etc) so was not allowed to sing on Goons records.

It was ok, however, to speak his lines as per the Ying tong song. So, potentially, he was the original rapper.

― Mark G, Thursday, 27 February 2025 09:21 (nine months ago)

Please vote for "best song" not "least racist illustration" or we'll be here all day.

Discovered that the cover artist was none other than Adrian Shaughnessy who went on to found Intro - who designed a bunch of album covers:
https://www.intro-uk.com/category/sector/music/

― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 27 February 2025 09:36 (nine months ago)

lucky to get any work at all after drawing this

― Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Thursday, 27 February 2025 09:37 (nine months ago)

I like "The Martian Hop"--think I have it on a Dr. Demento compilation.

― clemenza, Thursday, 27 February 2025 17:58 (nine months ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 2 March 2025 00:01 (nine months ago)

Mouldy Old Dough v. Monster Mash. The Laughing Gnome is also a banger.

― Please play Lou Reed's irritating guitar sounds (Tom D.), Sunday, 2 March 2025 10:04 (nine months ago)

I am Kaiser Bill's vengeance. I am Kaiser Bill's night. I am Kaiser Bill's Batman!

― a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Sunday, 2 March 2025 10:20 (nine months ago)

The Kaiser Bill's Batman vote is mine!

(John) O'Neill had a UK top five hit single with "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman" credited as 'Whistling Jack Smith' (a play on "Whispering" Jack Smith). He recorded this as the solo whistler for a set fee and was never acknowledged as its performer, nor paid any royalties. When the track was aired on Top of the Pops, O'Neill and his family were shocked to see an actor appear on stage to mime to the recorded backing track.

― the patron saint of epilepsy and beekeepers (Matt #2), Sunday, 2 March 2025 13:11 (nine months ago)

"Barbados" was later successfully covered by the Vengaboys in 1999 as "We're Going to Ibiza".

Had forgotten this. Typically Tropical (aka a couple of studio bods) later wrote "I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper" too, clearly men of many talents.

― the patron saint of epilepsy and beekeepers (Matt #2), Sunday, 2 March 2025 13:13 (nine months ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 3 March 2025 00:01 (nine months ago)

Fair.

― Inside The Wasp Factory with Gregg Wallace (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Monday, 3 March 2025 11:44 (nine months ago)

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