The Jimmy Heap Show featuring Ken Idaho - Laff Clinic
released on LP (no date given)
Well, here's the last one of the bunch that I found at the recent local library sale. I believe there are a few more Heap/Idaho/Sex to Sexty albums out there. If anyone wants to kindly hook me up with any of those, drop me a note in the comments section.
From the liner notes:
Dear Fans:
Today medical science has come up with a pill for just about everything and they are wonderful. Even the birth control pills are changing a lot of won'ts into will's, and since there are so many Child Brides they even have the "Candy Coated Birth Control Pill." They've got pills to get up by and pills to go to bed by and even a new tranquilizer that doesn't calm you down but makes you enjoy being tense. Even the old people are getting a helping gland with the Monkey Gland and the Goat Gland or you can play it safe and get one of each just in case you are monkeying around and just happen to butt into something. Doctors are even changing men into women and women into men or half-and-half for the do-it-yourselfers, but we are proud to announce that we the first with a "Laff Clinic."
In this album Grandpa Flewhardy pays us another visit and he's still got that gleem in his eyes but he finds out it's just the sun reflecting off his bifocals.
Jukebox in the Bedroom is a story of a man and his "Beef Stew Marriage." His wife Beefs and he's always Stewed. He hires a Topless Waitress and finds out that the best things in life comes in pairs.
Peabody's Pills: They don't contain feathers and X-Lax but they'll still tickle the stuff out of you.
Beat Saint Nick is a routine about Santa's Swinging Helper who thinks a Trip Around the World is a form of making love while on L.S.D.
Percy Fillrod is a mixed up fellow that just "Blew" into town but when they try to take him into the Army they have to separate the men from the boys with a crowbar.
Dr. Seamore Rumps is a story about a friendly neighborhood doctor that dabbles in medicine and any other thing that might be in his office at the time.
We hope that this album will be as much fun as your favorite girlfriend, so lay it down and give it a spin. (Ken Idaho)
Tracklisting: (link coming back soon)
Side 1
1. Grandpa Flewhardy {5:43}
2. Jukebox in the Bedroom {7:06}
3. Peabody's Pills {8:29}
Side 2
1. Beat St. Nick {8:17}
2. Percy Fillrod {7:01}
3. Dr. Seamore Rumps {6:31}
The Jimmy Heap Show featuring Ken Idaho - Laff-a-Rammer
released on LP (no date given)
From the liner notes:
Dear Fans, Here we go again with our Sex to Sexty album. I've heard it said that the third time is a charm, well there's nothing charming about "Laff-A-Rammer", it's a Riot. (Riot: That's a sex maniac turned loose in a Cat House with a credit card.) So why not invite in your friendly neighborhood sex maniac and put on this album and you're in for a complete evening of "Laff-A-Rammer". If an old prude should drop by, forget it, hide the record. If you can't find a place to hide it then sit on it. This album may not be as good as sex but if you sit on it, it will be the next [best] thing to it. Get the gang together and play it for them, they'll get a bang out of it.
In this album Grandpa Flewhardy celebrates his 50th wedding anniversary. He goes all out but ends up all in. "Just Plain Crazy" is a song and story about a boy who meets a girl who tries to take him for everything. She thinks he's a real bargain because he's 50 per cent off but she ends up in the hole. "Snow White" is a story about an oversexed girl who woke up every morning feeling like a new man and got eight. In "Drunk Again" I portray a man suffering from bottle fatigue and proves that life is full of Urps and Downs. "Almost Persuaded" is a song about a girl who stays that way to keep from getting that way. The Nudist Colony was written in a nudist colony and it took a lot of poise. Poise: A man in a nudist colony that doesn't raise anything but an eyebrow.
This record may get scratchy like the record of life but you can have a lot of fun if you keep your needle in the groove. (Ken Idaho)
Tracklisting: (link coming back soon)
Side 1
1. Grandpa's Anniversary {8:38}
2. Just Plain Crazy {7:31}
3. Snow White {6:53}
Side 2
1. Drunk Again {9:40}
2. Almost Persuaded {3:18}
3. The Nudist Colony {7:55}
The Jimmy Heap Show featuring Ken Idaho - Laugh Potion
released on LP (no date given)
When I was sifting through the boxes of records at the most recent local library sale, I noticed an album cover with illustrations and the words "sex to sexty" on it. Then I saw a few others like it and grabbed those too. I figured they had to be worth checking out and there was something familiar sounding about "sex to sexty", but I couldn't recall what it was. Besides, I already went through a few other boxes and didn't find anything remotely interesting, just the usual boring pop and easy listening records everyone used to own along with Firestone Christmas albums. I finally found some potentially worthwhile stuff with these albums. Overall, it was not a great night at the library sale. I found just a few other good records and checked out.
I listened to most of the stuff on these LPs and I was laughing a lot although this stuff is a bit beneath my sensibilities. I learned that Jimmy Heap was a band leader who wrote and performed country and western music. He seems to be most remembered for writing a hit song called "The Wild Side of Life". Then apparently while out in Las Vegas, Jimmy Heap thought that he needed to add comedy to his act. He found a guy named Ken Idaho who not only could play the violin and saxophone, he was also a comic who specialized in raunchy or bawdy comedy routines. (Ken Idaho's real name is Ken Alderhold.) The comedy act became a hit and Heap and Idaho teamed up with a humor magazine called Sex to Sexty and released several albums on Heap's label Fame Records (which Heap started in the mid 1950s after leaving Capitol Records). Sex to Sexty was vaguely familiar. I think I may have sneaked a peak at an old issue or two at some used merchandise shop when I was a kid. Sex to Sexty often put out issues from 1965 to 1983 and I'm sure you can guess what subject the magazine focused on. (There is even a book released that has all of the covers from the magazine.)
Read more at these sources about Jimmy Heap, Ken Idaho, and Sex to Sexty which most of the info came from and used in the above paragraph:
Vintage Sleaze
Jimmy Heap interview with Ray Campi
Answers.com biography of Jimmy Heap
This particular LP may or may not have been the first one put out by Heap, Idaho, and Sex to Sexty. I am going by the catalog number and it is the lowest one of these albums I have. Three of the tracks are renditions of three popular tunes and the other one is a routine with Heap and Idaho about the game of golf. This one, as is the case with all of these albums I have, is a party album with "adults only" type of humor including double entendres and dick jokes. In other words, it delivers entertainment and we don't have enough of it in our lives, right.
The band members credited on the back cover:
Jimmy Heap - "leader", guitar
Bill Glendening - bass
Butter Ball Harris - steel guitar
Ken Idaho - violin and saxophone
Ken Frazier - guitar
Butch Keith - trumpet
Lee Roy Eichler - drums
Tracklisting: (link coming back soon)
Side 1
1. Henry the VIII {6:33}
2. Golf Game {7:33}
Side 2
1. See the Big Man Cry {5:02}
2. Love Potion No. 9 {8:44}
Hi-Fi News & Record Review - Test Record
LP released in 1996
I'm not going to lay out some sob story about how or why there has not been an update in almost two months. I'm not going to make an apology that I have not posted in a while. I know I have let my 60-something devoted fans down. I feel terrible that I have not provided anything that could be life-changing or just downright amusing, but there was not much I could do about it.
I'll be brief in explaining what's been going on behind the scenes. I went from a part-time job to a full-time job around the end of September. That was also the time I was getting ready for the next post here. So, I now have a full-time job in my field with somewhat decent pay and benefits plus I now contribute to society even more in the form of more withholding taxes. Also I happen to still be enrolled in the Master's of Library and Information Science (LIS) program in grad school. In case you're wondering, I should be finished next year in December. I need something to fall back on just in case the self-help/life improvement gig doesn't work out. Librarianship doesn't pay enough to buy a mansion in Hawaii and a jet helicopter, but there are a lot worse jobs out there. I've tried to adjust to the new job schedule and school. Now I think I've done just that, I'll be able to help you work on you through my postings on a regular basis.
I thought I would make my somewhat grand return with another LP designed to test your records and your turntable from an operation called Hi-Fi News & Record Review (now just called Hi-Fi News). I needed to test my turntable anyway, so I thought I would record this LP while I'm at it. This LP is all about the tones, signals, and the pink noise. What I like about this LP is that there is no middle-of-the-road music tacked on or any music for that matter.
Here is what a chap named Len Gregory, "The Cartridge Man" has to say about this record:
All the test tracks on this disc have been carefully chosen to help you set up your cartridge and arm combination to work optimally. It is assumed that you have already followed the manufacturer's recommendation as regards setting-up their particular unit, and that the platter is perfectly level. When you have a cartridge for which the manufacturer gives a range of tracking weights (for example, between 1.5 and 2.5 grams), it is recommended that you begin the tests at the manufacturer's suggested maximum weight. You can then decide whether you want to reduce the tracking weight or not, according to the cartridge's capability during the first run.
The back cover also provides record handling tips which are obvious but still helpful:
- Always handle records with great care.
- Avoid touching the playing surfaces.
- Keep your records clean - if they need cleaning, then find a dealer with a record-cleaning machine (or buy one).
- Make sure your turntable mat is kept clean.
- Keep your stylus clean too - remember, dust and dirt shorten both the life of your records and your stylus.
- The opening of the inner record sleeve should always lie inside the outer sleeve if you are to avoid dust contamination.
- Store records upright at an even temperature.
- Make sure that you keep your records away from heat sources.
One more thing: if you happen to live in the United States of America, be sure to exercise your right to vote tomorrow.
Tracklisting: (link coming back soon)
Side 1
1. Channel Identification {0:28}
2. Phasing {0:26}
3. Channel Balance {1:04}
4. Pink Noise -20dB, L Channel {0:27}
5. Pink Noise -20dB, R Channel {0:29}
6. Bias Setting (300 Hz Tone L+R at +12dB) {0:19}
7. Bias Setting (300 Hz Tone L+R at +14dB) {0:17}
8. Bias Setting (300 Hz Tone L+R at +16dB) {0:18}
9. Bias Setting (300 Hz Tone L+R at +18dB) {0:18}
Side 2
1. Tracking Ability 1 (300Hz L+R at +15dB) {0:21}
2. Cartridge/Arm Lateral Resonance Test {1:22}
3. Cartridge/Arm Vertical Resonance Test {0:44}
4. Tracking Ability 2 (300Hz L+R at +15dB) {0:14}
5. Cartridge Alignment (Azimuth) Test: 300Hz Vertical {0:21}
6. Residual System Noise (Unmodulated Grooves) {0:20}
7. Tracking Ability 3 (300Hz L+R at +15dB) {0:21}
