Boomer Sooner - University of Oklahoma

Boomer Sooner - University of Oklahoma

This is a 7" vinyl record released in 1982. It is an EP dedicated to worshipping and praising the University of Oklahoma [Sooners] tackle football team. Five of the six tracks are songs about the Sooners, and the first track being the Sooners' fight song performed by the school band. The last song is a "version" of a song for a commercial of a well-known brand of soda. The band is apparently called Boomer Sooner if the label on the vinyl is any indication. The music is all country except for the first track obviously. There is zero info about this release on the interwebs info superhighway. From what I can tell, a bunch of rednecks or good ol' boys (if that is the politically correct term) who happen to be die hard fans of extra curricular activities of one particular institution of higher learning got together, had a few beers and recorded these songs. After you are finished listening to this, you'll come to believe that the Sooners football team are wonderful, great, (add any other superlative), and most important of all are #1. When this was recorded in 1982, the Sooners were supposed to be #1. It didn't quite turn out that way, but I'm sure that the Sooners are still #1 in the hearts of those anonymous musicians behind this EP. As of this writing, the Sooners play tomorrow on national TV in the spectacle called the Sun Bowl. Go Sooners and um, boomer sooner!

Tracklisting:

Side One

1. Boomer Sooner! {0:31}
performed by the University of Oklahoma band

2. The Brutal War {2:30}

3. See the Sooner! {2:08}

Side Two

1. I'm a Sooner {2:31}

2. When You Play the Sooners {2:05}

3. Coke Is It (Oklahoma Football Version) {0:58}

Happy Christmas, Merry Holidays plus two X-mas tunes by Mr. Sinatra

I would like to wish all my visitors and fellow bloggers a merry Christmas and/or happy holidays. I'll be offline for the next few days to visit family and maybe a lost relative or two.

Before I go, I'll produce one last X-mas post for the year (this post). This post has a couple of tunes by Basement fan favorite Mr. Sinatra, Rank Sinatra that is. By the way, Mr. Sinatra's album was posted last year. If I ever decide to put on A Basement of Curiosities festival, I want Rank Sinatra to headline. The incredibly gifted and talented entertainer brings holiday cheer by blessing us with two Christmas songs. The first song is a "duet" between him and mega-celebrity Britney Spears as they both sing Britney's Christmas hit, "My Only Wish (This Year)". This song came out before Britney was in two short marriages with Kevin "K-Fed" Federline and that other guy what's his name and shaved her head and then went in rehab. The other song is a cover of "Last Christmas" by Wham a.k.a. George Michael and that other guy what's his name. "Last Christmas" is from the Chairman of the Bored album which as I already mentioned was posted last year.

two Christmas songs by Rank Sinatra

Tracklisting:

1. Duet with Britany (For the Kids) {1:49}

2. The Last Christmas {3:33}

The Moog Machine - Christmas Becomes Electric

The Moog Machine - Christmas Becomes Electric

Here's some more Christmas cheer. Not only that, it's more Christmas synthesizer musik courtesy of The Moog Machine. By the way, their rocking Switched-On Rock LP was posted earlier this year here in The Basement. On this LP, The Moog Machine bring warm sentimental heartfelt renditions of everyone's favorite traditional Christmas tunes.

Info about The Moog Machine: The Moog Machine is a three-man organization. All the performances are by Kenny Ascher. Alan Foust wrote the arrangements. Norman Dolph produced the album and tuned the synthesizer.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Jingle Bells {2:00}

2. Little Town of Bethlehem {1:51}

3. We Three Kings {1:30}

4. Deck the Halls {0:55}

5. Silent Night {2:07}

6. Joy to the World {1:03}

7. It Came Upon the Midnight Clear {0:59}

8. O Come, All Ye Faithful {0:55}

9. Carol of the Bells {2:15}

Side 2

1. The Little Drummer Boy {2:55}

2. O Holy Night {2:40}

3. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen {1:50}

4. Patapan {0:56}

5. The First Noel {1:24}

6. We Wish You a Merry Christmas {1:17}

7. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing {1:30}

8. Twelve Days of Christmas {3:49}

Sy Mann - Switched On Santa

Sy Mann - Switched On Santa

It's that time of the year again. I guess no one liked the disco Christmas album I posted last year. I can't imagine why. Here's another Christmas album this time with the music being played with a Moog synthesizer. You may not like disco (understandably so), but it's hard to resist Moog synthesizer Christmas music. Even the legendary Jean-Jacques Perrey is involved with this album. You can't go wrong here (or am I wrong?).

I know most of the sharity sites are posting Christmas music of some sort and some of you are probably tired of all this Christmas music that's being blared from your favorite sites, the radio stations who decide to inundate the airwaves with only Christmas music instead of the usual overplayed popular soft rock pap and just about all of the retail stores whose employees for some reason say "Happy Holidays" instead of "Merry Christmas". If you're not into all this Christmas music posted everywhere, too bad. I'm posting it here too because we at the Basement appreciate Christmas especially the one who blesses us with his blessings. That's right I'm talking about the one and only St. Nick (also known as Santa Claus in some parts of the world). If the opening bars during the first few seconds of Sy Mann's verson of "Jingle Bells" or his rendition of "My Favorite Things" doesn't send chills up your spine then either you're a socialist commie waging war against Christmas or you just don't like electronic music. I think the former is much more likely.

We love this time of year where we get to shop and consume without a care in the world. Not only are we engaging in the All-American activities of shopping and consuming, but we are doing it while somehow bringing hope and joy to others who lack hope and joy. Black Friday sales rule. So do those baskets with the artifical processed cheese, the berry jellies, and the summer sausage made up of several mystery meats (I think). Those things especially rule as they do not even have to be refrigerated. Neighborhoods with lots and lots of lights and kitschy lighted fixtures and nativity scenes also rule. I love me some Christmas lights especially if other people do it so I don't have to. Putting up lights myself takes up too much time. The extra time I have leaves me with more time to devote to this blog and my other blog. I think it works well with me blogging and other people decorating.

I am willing to admit that I do not enjoy the process of wrapping gifts that I bought for other people. It seems tedious and perhaps I just lack the ability, patience, and desire to beautifully wrap things with wrapping paper (with Christmas decor of course). I know I can get gifts wrapped at the various retail establishments, but since I'm a cheapskate, I end up doing the wrapping myself. I think I've already spent enough money on the damned things even with everything 10% off the regular price. I do really enjoy the unwrapping process as it is the greatest moment of the holiday season as I am shimmering with ecstatic anticipation in the hopes that what I asked for is underneath the wrapping paper. Either the thing I desire is unwrapped or it's something I absolutely do not want such as socks or underwear or worse cologne. Depending on what is unwrapped I am either overcome with joy or overcome with disappointment and asking St. Nick "What did I do to deserve this? I already have too much cologne from the past several years that I do not have a need for especially that Tommy Hilfiger stuff. Why do people think I need or want cologne? I've been good for most of the year so what gives? I think I would rather have a gift card to Wal Mart or Arby's instead. Seriously."

Getting back to this LP, I posted it last year in another online project that is on hiatus at the moment. Out of the usual spirit of generosity I thought I would post it again this year. There may be several other sites that are posting this too. I am not totally sure and I do not really care. It's Christmas. If I can give this to one person whose only Christmas music is, let's say the atrocious "Grandma Got Ran Over by a Reindeer" and save this person by providing this wonderful Christmas music then I will have done my part in providing hope and joy.


Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer {2:11}

2. Jingle Bells {1:43}

3. Santa Claus is Coming to Town {2:02}

4. Tijuana Christmas {1:58}

5. My Favorite Things {2:24}

6. The Little Drummer Boy {2:37}

Side 2

1. Christmas Bells {1:52}

2. White Christmas {2:51}

3. Joy to the World {1:04}

4. When Christmas Comes {2:30}

5. Angels We Have Heard on High {1:42}

6. Silent Night {2:04}

7. What Child is This {2:04}

Ed Summerlin and Roger Ortmayer - Liturgical Jazz

Ed Summerlin and Roger Ortmayer - Liturgical Jazz

This LP is a recording of a church service of morning prayer set to jazz music. This most likely was recorded and released sometime during the early 1960s.

Personnel:

Ed Summerlin - conductor and tenor sax
Bob Thomas - alto sax
Earle Dhus - tenor sax
Morgan Powell - trombone
Bob Foutz - lead trumpet
Tom Wirtel - trumpet and flugel horn
Gene Gandy - piano
Rich O'Donnell - drums
Don Ratterree - bass

On the two hymns Marvin Stamm replaces Bob Foutz and Dee Barton replaces Morgan Powell. Tom Wirtel plays the trumpet solos and Ed Summerlin plays the tenor solos.

Reading by Roger Ortmeyer

Some comments from the liner notes by Roger Ortmeyer:

There seems to be consternation in some ecclesiastical circles when a jazz liturgy is proposed. Among jazz enthusiasts the reaction is nearly parallel; perhaps more of bewilderment and unease than of consternation.
Both need to be dealt with, and both need to be enlightened.
The liturgist is convinced that into his hands has been given a sacred treasure and he must struggle against those who would weaken its vigor. He tends to have a somewhat dogmatic sense of what is "proper." Jazz seems too frivolous, too immature and too much identified with unsavory aspects of the world for it to accompany the ancient liturgical patterns of the Church. The traditional, stately and the acceptable has been the liturgical accompaniment he recalls and he is usually determined to keep it that way.
...
The liturgy, supporting which this composition has been written, is an order designed for regular Sunday morning services of a local parish. It was contained in a book sent by John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, to the organizing Conference of American Methodists in 1784. It's title was The Sunday Service of the Methodists in North America. His advice was that all the preachers should use it each Lord's day, feeling that it was the most "rational and scriptural way of feeding and guiding those poor sheep in the wilderness."
It will be noted by many that the service is essentially the order contained in The Book of Common Prayer. This is natural inasmuch as Wesley was a priest of the Church of England and was convinced to the day of his death that the liturgy of the Church was the best possible for the prayers of the people.
For most Christians, this basic pattern is the proper form of worship. It is a rehearsal of what they believe God has done for them, and their participation in the drama.
The rational of the liturgy is quite simple: 1) A representation of what the Christian believes God has done and continues to do through Jesus Christ, and 2) an enactment by each participant of this drama of salvation.
...
The music for the liturgy is a fine example of the coming of age of the jazz idiom. It explores in exciting fashion many of the features of contemporary "classical" composition while maintaining the necessary improvisation of jazz.
...
The conjunction of jazz with the spoken word forces the members of the congregation and the clerical leader to come to terms with the words of the liturgy. There is no lagging and day dreaming in this service. The worshipper is forced to shout his praises and, struck with trembling at his condemnation, rejoices in his absolution and in confidence makes offering of himself. Could anything more be asked of the music of the Church?
 
Tracklisting:

Side One

1. Prelude {5:10}

2. Collect for Purity of Heart {0:25}

3. Hymn of Praise: Love Devine {2:33}

4. Service of Confession {3:00}

5. Service of the Word {4:37}

Side Two

1. Te Deum {1:49}

2. New Testament Lesson (II Peter 1 3-11) {1:33}

3. Benedictus {1:21}

4. The Apostles' Creed {0:43}

5. Witness to the Word: Sermon {0:44}

6. Service of Offering {6:45}

7. After-Service {3:01}

8. Postlude {2:39}

Apes of Wrath - Apes of Wrath

Apes of Wrath - Apes of Wrath

released on LP in 1982

recorded at Unique Productions - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

I bought a used copy of the Apes of Wrath LP among many other items at a recent library sale (the recently posted Former Fetus CD and Tom Wopat LP were among the same batch of records, tapes, CDs and books). Apes of Wrath was an Oklahoma City band led by a fellow named Ted Dodson who wrote all of the songs and music on this LP. There are 21 musicians including Dodson credited on the back cover. I cannot tell who were the other principal members since there is very little information available. According to Ted Dodson's bio on his website, 1000 copies of this LP were pressed with half of the copies being sold in local record stores (by the way be sure to read his very interesting bio although he mentioned that he was proud of this album for some reason there is not much info about the band). This obscure gem is a collection of psychedelic rock tunes with quirky lyrics especially on side two which is the better side in my opinion. Mr. Dodson did set up another website to store some videos of a few songs off this album and of live performances for viewing.

As I mentioned earlier, there is very little info about this band. I did enter "Apes of Wrath" in Google and most of the results retrieved are links to another band with the same name. Apparently more info exists for that band than the one featured here. As far as I can tell from his website that may not have been updated in a few years, Dodson lives in Dallas, Texas and the whereabouts of the other musicians are unknown.

Tracklisting:

Side One

1. Back to Playing Again {1:53}

2. Where Did Your Daddy Go {3:29}

3. Old Doe {3:04}

4. I Need Somebody New {4:00}

5. Hey Gyp {5:58}

6. Broken Blue Heart {2:24}

Side Two

1. The Apes of Wrath {3:07}

2. Mutant Ape {1:37}

3. 3 Billion Blind Mice {4:03}

4. Mankind's Lies {3:51}

5. Oh! Dear {1:38}

6. Hypnotize the Masses {3:09}

7. Going Ape Over You {3:37}

Will Harvey - How to Find and Fascinate a Mistress [book]

Will Harvey - How to Find and Fascinate a Mistress [book]

book published in 1971

I found a copy of this book in some swap meet several years ago. When I first laid eyes on this book, I was somewhat amazed that a book like this was published. Then I looked at the cover again and I noticed the words "San Francisco Best Seller" on the top. I would not be surprised if this book was actually a bestseller in San Francisco at the time. If books like this were on top of bestseller lists, I would be interested in checking out what else sells (or sold) well in San Francisco. Forget the New York Times list. Anyway, I suppose I should feel lucky that a used copy of this book made its way to my locale which is a very conservative area (i.e. opposite of San Francisco). Come to think of it, this book would likely be read by folks in this area since they have a tendency to cheat and fool around while preaching morality. I do not think it is a coincidence that my locale has one of the highest rates of divorce in America.

This book is a guide to finding a mistress where the author has devised a test called the SYNAM test to determine if a woman is mistress material. Will Harvey has come up with four categories of the type of mistresses: honeybee, ladybug, hornet, and grasshopper. I suppose that his analogy of insect characteristics to mistress behaviors makes sense. There are tips on how to find mistresses and get them to be your companions. Harvey then writes about how to deal with the inevitable situation when the wife confronts the mistress. There are other tips such as how to deal with breakups with mistresses and what to do to use protection for both the philanderer and the mistress.

This book is aimed at men especially middle-aged to older men who are interested in having younger women on the side. This book seems to be a product of its time, but I'm sure the tips and ideas from this book are put to use today. Some people still want or need mistresses today after all. So, if you're looking for an interesting read (even if you're faithful which is good of course) check this book out.

From the blurb on the flap of the dust jacket:

This is not just a silly sex book or a manual for the sneaky. The author has found a realistic answer to the challenge of the sexually liberated woman who wants a capable man with no strings attached. He emphasizes HOW TO FIND THE WOMAN WHO IS LOOKING FOR YOU - and live to tell about it! But once you're on the man-mistress merry-go-round, how do you wave to the rest of the world without appearing silly? Or get off without stumbling? What respect does a mistress deserve? What happens when wife meets mistress?

Throughout his scientific and business career, the author has been asked these questions hundreds of times by bewildered friends and colleagues. They could never understand how he found and survived so many interesting women while maintaining a reasonable work schedule (from all outward appearances). Now, in the twilight of his career, he tells it like it is (or was for him). He's honest, arrogant - at times humble - but not apologetic. And for good reason. Some of the women in his life helped him write this book. All this country needs is a decent rationalization to relieve the suffering of untold millions who are doing it anyway - or wish they could. Never again will they feel alone.

Will Harvey began his career as an assistant professor in the sciences at a large university. An empty pocketbook and total frustration with academic life soon forced him into the business world. He would have preferred a steady job with an established firm, but the pressures of his personal life forced him to start his own company in the booming electronics field. Fortune smiled on him and he soon found himself in the on-again, off-again world of high finance (and low resistance). He attributes his modest success in business to the fact that he was most often preoccupied with the finer things in life when he otherwise would have been making serious mistakes at the office.

He has long felt that woman is the stronger sex, and that man's feeble claims to superiority are belied by the fact that most of his daily efforts are directly or indirectly devoted to the pursuit of, support of, or escape from a woman. So why fight it?

He looks back now on a lifetime which could have been conventionally wicked, had it not been for his constant struggles to turn personal necessity into social virtue.

part 1 part 2  (links will be back soon)

CONTENTS

1 PROFILES OF THE MISTRESS
Is She A Mistress? page 8
The Synam Test page 9
The Honeybee page 12
The Ladybug page 13
The Hornet page 15
The Grasshopper page 16
The Working Girl page 17
The Stewardess page 21
Your Own Secretary page 26
Where Do You Meet Her? page 29

2 I'M THE ONE
Mental Foreplay page 34
Don't Touch Me! page 35
The Panic Points page 37
Contact! page 41

3 MARKSMANSHIP
On The Firing Line page 48
The Bullseye page 49
Phase One page 50
Phase Two page 51
Phase Three page 52
The All-Day Sucker page 55
Bless the Squeek page 55
The First Shot page 57
The Warm-Up page 59
The Dud page 60
The Double Play page 61

4 OBSERVATIONS ON ORGASM
Are They All The Same? page 64
Automatics, Repeaters, And Not At All page 65
How Long Does It Take? page 68
The Over-Thirty Syndrome page 69
The Fatal Question page 71
Her Own Sex Manual page 73

5 LITTLE PROBLEMS
Don't Be Bashful page 75
The Afterglow page 76
The Dribble Problem page 77
The Gentle Hint page 78
The Missing Pill page 80
The Peeing Syndrome page 82
Oral Operations page 83

6 TABLE MANNERS
Time And Place page 87
Let Her Sniff The Buds page 94
How To Support A Mistress page 95
Holidays page 98
How To Protect And Present Your Mistress page 99
Wife Meets Mistress page 102
The Double Reverse page 103
Quickies page 110

7 THE END ZONE
I'm A Mistress page 115
You're A Bastard page 116
The Other Man page 117
The No-Breakfast Routine page 120
The Last Gasp page 121
The Silent Message page 122

8 FAMOUS LAST WORDS
Be Prepared page 125
The Condom page 126
Skins page 127
Hornet Protection page 129
VD page 132
A Blessing In Disguise page 133
The Pause page 134
Vaginal Suppositories page 136
The Diaphragm page 139
Foam And Applicator page 140
We're Stupid page 140
Testing The Condom page 141

9 HELPFUL HINTS FOR THE HUNTER
The First Blush page 145
The Team Approach page 146
Live Bait page 149
The Compassionate, Capable Man page 150
The Pompous Peacock page 152
The Badgered Businessman page 153
On The Job Contacts page 154
Too Good To Be True page 157
The Savior page 159

Michael Blate - Acugenics

Michael Blate - Acugenics

Acugenics is a program where an individual applies self-accupuncture without needles. Fingertips are used at 20 points throughout the body. The user of acugenics is supposed to be relaxed and Blate recommends that acugenics be used at night before the user goes to sleep. By the way, the user should either be naked or at least be wearing light clothing. Acugenics is supposed to be a self-healing method. The user is instructed to apply a few seconds at these sensitive spots. It sounds painful to do. I suppose that the user has to go through more pain before healing takes place.

This recording is dubbed onto what was originally a blank cassette. I found it at (you probably guessed it) a Salvation Army thrift store. I cannot tell what tape or record this recording was ripped from. I believe it is called acugenics as Michael Blate guides one through his Acugenics program while soft music of flute and occasional flourishes of harp play in the background.

On Side 2, Blate guides listeners through a healing program called applied imagination which uses a technique called guided imagery "which releases all the healing benefits stored in your imagination". This is supposed to realize your full potential for well being by balancing the energy throughout your organs. Soft music with harp plays in the background. The applied imagination program sounds less painful than acugenics which sounds more like my thing. I already feel more energetic from hearing this program's description. (He said "groin", "rectum", and "sex organs" heh heh heh heh heh).

According to his bio on his website: Author, lecturer and natural health educator, Michael Blate has spent most of his life exploring and sharing "self-health" methods and traditional spiritual teachings from around the world. He has written dozens of books and teaching guides to help people become more healthy, self-reliant and spiritually attuned. Michael has a special gift for presenting complex teachings in a straightforward, practical and easy-to-use format.

In the early 1970's, at a time when acupressure was all but unknown in the West, Michael’s first book — The Natural Healer's Acupressure Handbook — introduced this easy, effective technique to the US. Since then, G-Jo Acupressure had been taught in classes, workshops, schools, hospitals and universities around the world.

In addition to his contributions to health and healing, Michael’s explanations of the timeless wisdom known as Vedanta — sometimes called "spiritual yoga" (the basis of today's popular yoga programs) — have helped many spiritual seekers to more fully grasp this pinnacle of Eastern thought.

A frequent contributor to various magazines, Michael has also appeared on nearly 2,000 radio and TV talk shows to introduce audiences to the amazing healing powers and spiritual potential lying within each of us.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. track 1 {21:12}

Side 2

1. track 1 {14:23}

2. track 2 {7:41}

3. track 3 {1:39}

Marty Gold - Wired for Sound

Marty Gold - Wired for Sound

released on LP in 1956

recorded at Webster Hall, New York City, July 9, 11, and 12, 1956

conducted by Marty Gold; assistant conductor: Sid Ramin

I received this LP from a friend who was purging stuff before she moved. She must have kept this for many years as she did not even remember having this LP or how she acquired it. She is not familiar with it and she is not really interested in it. Lucky for her, I was interested and willing to take the LP as at the time (early 2000s) I just started exploring this kind of music from often visiting first-generation audio sharity sites such as Basic Hip Digital Oddio, Bellybongo, Your Pal Doug, Raymondo's Dance-O-Rama, and a few others whose names I can't recall at the moment.

Marty Gold was prolific in the realm of mid-20th century "space age pop". Gold recorded and released a lot of albums, some being hi-fi or stereo action type albums where then-new stereo recording technology was used incorporating all of an orchestra in some way. Not only were regular instruments used (saxophone, guitar, drums, trombones) used, unusual instruments were also used (on this album these include the tibia, kinura, and the English post horn). Wired for Sound is one of those hi-fi stereo or "new orthophonic" albums where reverberation is really the main instrument for these unique arrangements of musical standards.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Reflections in the Water {2:20}

2. Ti-Pi-Tin {1:48}

3. Blues in the Night {3:32}

4. In the Still of the Night {2:22}

5. Makin' Whoopee {3:44}

6. Lonely Guitar {2:47}

Side 2

1. Stella by Starlight {3:15}

2. You're the Top {1:50}

3. Whistle While You Work {1:27}

4. A Foggy Day {2:54}

5. Mood Indigo {3:01}

6. A Blues Serenade {2:14}