Napoleon XIV. They're Coming To Take Me Away. NM- Weird Rock LP
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Napoleon XIV. They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa! Warner Brothers Records(W 1661). 1966. Mono.
His real name was Jerry Samuels and he was a recording engineer in New York City. He came up with an idea: a song about a poor guy who’s so distraught over his girlfriend leaving him that he’s driven to madness. Been done before, right?
Never like this.
He took on the name Napoleon XIV, credited his composition to N. Bonaparte and somehow got Warner Bros. Records to agree to release it in July 1966. With only a snare drum and a tambourine as accompaniment, Samuels recites—never sings—his tale of woe. (That last stanza, incidentally, caused some listeners to wonder if, in fact, it was his dog that ran away. We may never know).
Whatever it was about, “They’re Coming to Take Me Away, Ha-Haaa!” was, by any measure, one of the most bizarre records to come out in 1966 (or any year). But it took off like, well, like crazy. Samuels, born in Brooklyn in 1938, soon found himself with the #3 hit in the United States and the #4 best-seller in the U.K.
Conditions: Cover Rated 7 or EX- light edge wear, light discolorization, price sticker remnant upper right front low gloss cover/Record 7 or EX- black and shiny with a few light marks plays great, heavy vinyl.
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