4-8-63 PENGUINS MEMORIES OF EL MONTE 7" WLP + SLV ZAPPA
  $   80

 


$ 80 Sold For
May 29, 2005 Sold Date
May 19, 2005 Start Date
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4-8-63 - THE PENGUINS - MEMORIES OF EL MONTE / BE MINE - 7" VINYL RECORD - 45 RPM - RADIO STATION ONLY WHITE LABEL PROMO - INCLUDING AN ORIGINAL SOUND RECORDS PAPER SLEEVE - [ MEMORIES OF EL MONTE WAS WRITTEN BY FRANK ZAPPA AND RAY COLLINS ] - ORIGINAL SOUND RECORDS WHITE LABEL PROMO - OS-27.

THIS IS THE ULTRA RARE ORIGINAL RADIO STATION ONLY WHITE LABEL PROMO OF THIS RECORD SENT TO RADIO STATIONS IN 1963 BY ORIGINAL SOUND RECORDS. THERE WERE MANY STOCK COPIES AND REISSUES MADE OF THIS SINGLE. PERHAPS YOU'VE EVEN SEEN SOME ADVANCE RELEASE PROMO COPIES WHICH ARE ALSO VERY RARE. THE ADVANCE RELEASE COPIES WERE MOSTLY SENT TO RECORD STORES THAT CARRIED THE ORIGINAL SOUND CATALOG FOR IN STORE PLAY BUT THIS IS EVEN MORE RARE SINCE THIS IS THE WHITE LABEL RADIO STATION ONLY PROMO WHICH WAS ONLY SENT TO A FEW RADIO STATIONS IN 1963. UNLIKE THE ADVANCE RELEASE VERSIONS BESIDES BEING A WHITE LABEL IT ALSO HAS " PLUG SIDE " PRINTED ON THE SIDE THAT ORIGINAL SOUND WANTED THE RADIO STATION TO PLAY, WHICH OF COURSE IS THE " MEMORIES OF EL MONTE " SIDE. BOTH SIDES HAVE " PROMO COPY - NOT FOR SALE " PRINTED ON THEM TOO.

MEMORIES OF EL MONTE WAS WRITTEN BY FRANK ZAPPA AND FUTURE MOTHERS OF INVENTION LEAD SINGER RAY COLLINS AND WAS RECORDED IN 1963 AT PAL STUDIOS IN CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA. EVEN THOUGH THE LABEL HAS PRINTEDON IT " PRODUCED BY ART LABOE " IT WAS REALLY PRODUCED BY FRANK ZAPPA ALSO. BACK IN 1963, CLEVE DUNCAN WHO WAS THE ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER OF THE PENGUINS AND DOES THE LEAD VOCALS ON THIS SONG DIDN'T HAVE ANY MORE PENGUINS WITH HIM. MAN WE'RE TALKIN' ABOUT 1963 AND THE DOO-WOP ERA WAS ALREADY OVER SO THE REST OF THE PENGUINS HAD ALREADY GOT JOBS AT VARIOUS CAR WASHES BY THEN. SO LEGEND HAS IT THAT FRANK HAD TO GO RAID THE LOCAL CAR WASH OF IT'S EMPLOYEES TO SING THE BACKGROUND VOCALS. THEY WERN'T THE ORIGINAL PENGUINS BUT NOBODY CARED BY THEN ANYWAY, AND THERE WERE A BUNCH OF DIRTY CARS RIDING AROUND IN CUCAMONGA THAT DAY.

THE 7" VINYL RECORD HAS SOME LIGHT SURFACE MARKS ON BOTH SIDES, MANY OF THESE ARE THE KIND THAT YOU NEED TO PUT THE RECORD UNDER A BRIGHT LIGHT TO FIND, ACTUALLY BOTH SIDES PLAY GREAT WITH VERY LITTLE SURFACE NOISE. THE RECORD ALSO COME WITH THE ORIGINAL SOUND PAPER SLEEVE BUT YOU WON'T NEED TO USE IT BECAUSE THE RECORD ALSO COMES WITH A COLLECTORS TYPE OF SLEEVE AND A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE.

PAYMENT BY PAYPAL OR MONEY ORDER IN US DOLLARS.

PAYMENT MUST BE RECEIVED WIHIN 10 DAYS OF AUCTION END. ANY CURRENT EMPLOYEES OF MCDONALD'S MUST PRIOR TO PLACING A BID, PROVIDE PROOF OF AT LEAST ONE [ 1 ] YEAR EMPLOYMENT AND MUST SUBMIT IN WRITING AN AGREEMENT THAT IF THEY SHOULD WIN THIS ITEM, THAT THEY MUST SEND A BIG MAC AND A LARGE ORDER OF FRIES WITH THEIR PAYMENT.

SEND AN E-MAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS, AND CHECK OUT MY OTHER FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, CAPTAIN BEEFHEART, JETHRO TULL, PINK FLOYD, JIMI HENDRIX, ROLLING STONES, ALICE COOPER AND VARIOUS OTHER ARTISTS AUCTIONS.

DOES YOUR WIFE CONSTANTLY MAKE YOU LISTEN TO THE HELEN REDDY'S GREATEST HITS ALBUM AND FORCES YOU TO SING ALONG WITH " I AM WOMAN " WHILE BEATING YOUR BARE BEHIND WITH A TOILET BRUSH? YEAH, I THOUGHT SO, OK, I THE EVER FLATULENT REV. A. WEST AM HERE TO HELP. HERE'S WHAT YOU DO:  STEP 1. ROLL YOUR FAT RED BEHIND RIGHT UP TO THE TOP O' THIS PAGE AND VISIT SIR RICHARD PUMP A LOAF'S BAKERY AND PART TIME E-BAY STORE. STEP 2. FIND SOME GREAT ZAPPA MUSIC IN THERE AND BUY IT, DON'T FORGET TO PAY YOU BUNGHOLE. STEP 3. WHEN THE ZAPPA MUSIC ARRIVES PLAY IT VERY LOUD BOTH DAY AND NIGHT UNTILL THAT OLD BATTLE-AX OF A WIFE FINALLY HAS ENOUGH AND LEAVES YOU. STEP 4. FIND AN 18 YEAR OLD GIRLFRIEND WITH HUGE BREASTS THAT WILL FORCE YOU TO SING ALONG WITH " BOBBY BROWN " WHILE SHE BEATS YOUR GIGANTIC BUTT WITH A COPY OF ROLLING STONE. SOUNDS BETTER ALREADY, AND YOU THOUGHT THAT I DIDN'T KNOW NOTHIN'?


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