ROBBIE THE WEREWOLF rare strange private horror folk
$
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No-label custom record recorded way back in 1966 in Santa Monica, CA with title Robbie the Werewolf at the Waleback and this is a true mega-rarity for oddball collectors, only the 2nd copy I've seen in 12 years of selling and collecting weird LPs. This was made famous in the Jello Biafra REsearch interview some years ago. Here's a more current review from the Acid Archives and I totally agree with Pat's assessment of his Dracula tune, the performance here is outrageous!
Live jawdropper bohemian folk comic "real person" with monster concept. Strummed guitar lunatic tunes about Frankenstein, the joys of werewolfdom, and Count Dracula. A cover to die for with serial photos of lycanthropic transformation. [RM]
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Remarkable early private press LP that manages to be a folk LP and a parody of a folk LP at the same time. Half of it is monster-fan piss-takes on standards such as "Tom Dooley", "Tip toe through the tulips", other half is Robbie originals of varying quality, hitting an unforgettable apex with the echo-laden Count Dracula track, which warns us to "...watch out for those vampires, some of them are QUEER". Also daring for the time marijuana and sex jokes, and a general bohemian counterculture feel to it all. Some of his in-between song jokes aren't all that funny, but the Santa Monica crowd had had enough red wine & weed to cheer and laugh at pretty much everything, creating a nice vibe. Unique artefact, made even more compelling by the fact that this guy later turned up in big time band Clear Light. [PL]
See pics below for track list and please keep my seller page bookmarked for upcoming lists of eclectic LPs.
COND: Cover: VG- (creasing, age wear and split seam lower right). Disc: VG++.
S/H: $3.50 in U.S. $14-15 overseas.
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