KIM FOWLEY Good Clean Fun 1968 INSANE WARREN ZEVON CALI HIPPIE PSYCH LP LISTEN

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KIM FOWLEY "GOOD CLEAN FUN" LP

ORIGINAL 1968 LP ON THE IMPERIAL LABEL, STEREO LP-12443

COVER IN VG++ SHAPE, NICE

VINYL LOOKS SHINY AND NEW, PLAYS EXCELLENT/NEAR MINT

One of Kim's many 1968 albums, GOOD CLEAN FUN, on which he enlists the help of a young Warren Zevon to write and arrange the blistering garage flower power punk "Kangaroo," one of those classic Fowley tunes that seem to come at a one-per-LP pace.  Warren also lends Kim the honest but creepy "I'm Not Young Anymore," especially considering the cover photo, while sunshine baroque pop wunderkind Michael Lloyd provides two groovy lounge pop numbers, "Good To Be Around" and the title track, and the upbeat pop number "One Man Band," while somebody named Merle Kilgore turns Kim into a truly disturbing country star for one brief moment (also arranged by Mr. Zevon, probably against his wishes).  Elsewhere, Kim has fun on the phone prank calling random Cali scenesters and senior citizens under the guise of Baby Bulldog, which makes one sleepy 20-year-old flower girl giggle repeatedly.  As always, a fun if somewhat stoned time is had by all, and for an album that sounds like Jonathan Richmond and the Jerky Boys, GOOD CLEAN FUN is, surprisingly, good subversive dirty fun.  Just please, PLEASE, get those innocent kids away from Kim NOW!

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