The Complete Parakeet Trainer

The Complete Parakeet Trainer

cassette released in 1985

This is another post with something that you can teach your bird to talk only this one is specifically for parakeets or parrots. Basically, your pet bird should be comfortable first then all background (i.e. distracting noise) should not be present in order for your pet bird to concentrate on you and the lessons you're teaching it such as the ones on this tape. Also, no other birds should be present, just you. According to the liner notes, parrots are sociable animals where they are more interested in each other's company than in anything else.

I've always wanted to have my own pet bird particularly my own pet parrot. Cats and dogs are okay, but parrots are really cool. However, I have no pets because no pets are allowed in the apartment building where I live. Anyway, parrots can talk. I guess that it takes time to train them to talk. You can't do that with cats and dogs. So whenever I get the opportunity to get a mortgage so I can own a house or find another apartment that allows pets, I'm getting a parrot. And I have the materials I need to engage in a some sort of conversation with my parrot. If that doesn't work out, at least I can pretend to be a pirate.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Hello Budgie {3:27}

2. Come On Over Here {3:32}

3. Give Me Some Love {3:39}

4. How About a Kiss {3:40}

5. Such a Pretty Bird {3:43}

Side 2

1. Hey Baby, What's Up {3:38}

2. How About a Cracker {3:31}

3. You're Pretty Cute {3:32}

4. Here Kitty, Kitty - Meow! {3:35}

5. Ha, Ha That's Funny {3:35}

Warren Mintz - Plateau Phase of the Male Sexual Cycle

Warren Mintz - Plateau Phase of the Male Sexual Cycle

This particular recording is from a blank cassette which has been dubbed from another recording. I was unable to find a photograph of Mr. Mintz so I used the illustration above as it best gives the idea of what the listener is in for.

There does not seem to be much info about Warren Mintz or this recording. One of my good friends who goes by the name of Google turned up some info about a Warren Mintz who was a professor at Hofstra University. There is not any conclusive evidence that this is the same Warren Mintz who speaks on this recording although it appears likely that it is him.

As the recording's title says, Mintz explains this stage of the male sexual cycle. During the lecture, Mintz reads an excerpt from the literary classic, Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence and tells his stories of his time spent picking apples at an apple orchard in Washington (United States). They do illustrate what he is talking about. You'll have to listen to find out how. Not only will you learn something from this tape, there is definitely plenty of material for sampling here.

If anyone knows more about Warren Mintz, especially if the Hofstra professor is the same Warren Mintz who is on this tape, please write in the comments.

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Plateau Phase of the Male Sexual Cycle {22:26}

Side 2

1. Plateau Phase of the Male Sexual Cycle cont. {21:00}

Charley Drew - An Evening with Charley Drew, His Piano, and His Party Songs

Charley Drew - An Evening with Charley Drew, His Piano and His Party Songs

*special thanks to KL from NYC for this treat

Charley Drew - vocals, piano, lyrics

Apparently, there's not much info about Charley Drew out there. KL mentioned that there are no liner notes on this album or any other information. The back cover is blank. We do know that he was the resident piano player/entertainer at the Taft Hotel in New York City in the 1940s.

This 10" record is a collection of racy double-entendre songs meant to be played at parties. These are the type of entertaining and humorous songs that are hardly being performed anymore. I wish I had more information about Charley. Meanwhile, enjoy these tunes and hopefully we may start a revival of cleverly-worded double-entendre songs being played at parties. If swing music could be revived which took place a decade ago, why not this music.

Tracklisting:

Side A

1. Blushing Bride {3:11}

2. Bell Bottom Trousers {2:21}

3. The Girls I've Lost & Lost {2:27}

4. Robert the Roue from Reading, PA {2:23}

Side B

1. Gracie is Socially Secure {3:14}

2. Lousy Louisa {3:09}

3. They Didn't Give the Bride Away {3:09}

4. Fleet's in Today {2:16}

Willard Cantelon - The New World Money System

Willard Cantelon - The New World Money System

A couple of years ago, I posted an LP by Willard Cantelon where he spoke about the evils of LSD. On this LP, Mr. Cantelon warns us about the supposedly impending "new world money system." According to Cantelon, there is a plot by groups of powerful wealthy individuals to introduce not only a one-world government, but a single currency to be used everywhere in the world. No doubt life would be easier for a one-world government to have only one currency. No pesky exchange rates to worry about.

So how does Cantelon know about the one-world conspiracy? It's in the Bible. More specifically, it's in the Book of Revelations. The Bible predicted sinister groups such as the IMF, the World Bank, and the UN will take over the world and the Anti-Christ may or may not be running the show. Thank goodness Cantelon knows how to derive what the Bible is saying as lots of people including myself never would have figured out the meaning in the text. Not only did Cantelon consult the Bible, he also attended important monetary conventions and talked to some financial experts and leaders.

Cantelon answers the following questions that are posed on the back cover:

1) Why will a New World Money System definitely be introduced?

2) When will this New System be established?

3) What will be the fate of our present currencies?

4) What will be the nature of the New System?

5) How can one prepare NOW to avoid the great losses and dangers ahead?

6) How can one read future developments?


Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. The New World Money System {20:10}

Side 2

1. The New World Money System continued {23:17}

Sir Christopher Scott - More Switched on Bacharach

Sir Christopher Scott - More Switched on Bacharach

LP released in 1973

Words and music by Burt Bacharach and Hal David

Arranged and conducted by Dave Mullaney
Production co-ordinator: Harry Meyerson

I stumbled onto a copy of this at one of my favorite local antique stores. When I saw the title, I wasn't even aware there was a "Switched on Bacharach" album much less a "More Switched on Bacharach" album until the time I laid both my eyes and hands on a copy. Unfortunately, the original Switched on Bacharach was nowhere to be found onsite. But that is okay for now, I can make due with this one. This is an album of Burt Bacharach and Hal David tunes played with a Moog. (question: If Hal David was Bacharach's partner and seemed to have done much of the work writing the songs, how come isn't this called More Switched on Bacharach and David?) The music is mainly Moog with human wordless vocals, drums, and guitars making brief appearances. The music is performed capably by someone named Sir Christopher Scott who I suppose fancies himself as knighted or maybe he did get knighted for playing cheesy Moog music. How cool would that be if that really happened?

The liner notes say this about the first Bacharach album: Last time out, Sir Chris switched on his equipment and Bacharach's melodies, and the result was one of the brightest albums of popular music to land on the scene in many a moon. A full program of Bacharach sparkled and crackled with wit and musical surprises in that album.

As for this album: Sir Christopher digs into his plugged-in bag for some electro-brilliance on some of the great Mr. B's finest hits. ... What he does is magic, but it's always music. And you just want to let the listening to it go on and on and on.

I'll be darned if this guy is not already knighted in real life.


Tracklisting:

Side One

1. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head {2:42}

2. Wishin' and Hopin' {3:05}

3. (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me {3:30}

4. (They Long to Be) Close to You {3:24}

5. Everybody's Out of Town {2:50}

Side Two

1. Paper Mache {3:09}

2. A Message to Michael {2:38}

3. I'll Never Fall in Love Again {2:59}

4. Reach Out for Me {2:44}

5. Promises, Promises {1:56}

6. Trains and Boats and Planes {2:55}

Rutgers Glee Club - 100 Years of Football

Rutgers Glee Club - 100 Years of Football

*special thanks once again to KL from NYC for this gem

KL said that his cover was too ugly or worn out to include so I have chosen the group photo of Rutgers Glee Club to use as the "cover".

This LP was released in 1969 to celebrate the centennial of college football. Rutgers and Princeton are reported to have played the first official tackle football game among institutions of higher education on November 8, 1869 which apparently is why Rutgers is celebrating 100 years of football.

The Rutgers Glee Club is renowned worldwide and yes even better, it has its own page on Wikipedia so you know Rutgers Glee Club is big time if it's on Wikipedia. Rutgers Glee Club was founded in 1872, 3 years after it played the first college football game. It is the 8th oldest glee club in America.
Rutgers Glee Club's repertoire mostly consisted of songs that celebrated school spirit. All of side 2 of this LP has those songs. The first side has renditions of other schools' songs for some reason along with some drinking songs. At the time when this LP was recorded and released, F. Austin "Soup" Walter was the director of Rutgers Glee Club. "Soup" made Rutgers Glee Club a glee club powerhouse and he directed it for 52 years. I have not found out how he got his nickname. I did find a website about Soup that is informative except for the story of his nickname. The drinking songs are a blast and I enjoy those the most. Steven M. Wolf says in the liner notes that "the music embodies the competitive energy and spirit of a sport that, perhaps stronger than ever, celebrates its one hundredth birthday." Who am I to argue?

Rutgers Glee Club is still active in the present. Like this blog, Rutgers Glee Club displays excellence except that it has displayed excellence a lot longer than this blog. Please enjoy this piece of lighthearted entertainment celebrating the school spirit and the top activity of collegiate life.

Tracklisting:  (link will be back soon)

Side 1

ALMA MATERS

1. Old Nassau [Princeton] {0:42}

2. San Souci [Columbia] {1:19}

3. High Above Cayugas Waters [Cornell] {1:43}

4. Navy Blue and Gold [Navy] {1:23}

5. Army Blue [Army] {1:40}

DRINKING SONGS

6. Gaudeamus Igitur {1:24}
Old German Melody

7. Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl {1:44}
Traditional Drinking Song

8. Eastern Drinking Song {2:06}
F. Mendelssohn

9. Drinking Song from "The Student Prince" {1:30}
S. Romberg

10. Down Among the Dead Men {1:34}
English Student Song

11. I Know a Tavern from the "Peasant Cantata" {1:56}
J. S. Bach

Side 2

SONGS OF RUTGERS

1. A Rutgers Toast {1:45}

2. Hail Mother {1:52}

3. Loyal Sons {2:33}

4. Down Where the Raritan Flows {2:31}

5. The Old Queens Bell {1:59}

6. The Rutgers History Lesson {2:24}

7. We Sing Thy Praise, Old Rutgers {2:47}

8. A Hymn to Queens {2:30}

9. On the Banks of the Old Raritan {1:38}

10. Vive Les Rutgers' Sons {0:34}

Hunter Lott - Front-Line Interviewing and the Firing Session

Hunter Lott - Front-Line Interviewing and the Firing Session

cassette released in 1988

I found my copy of this cassette at one of my favorite local thrift stores. I guess it's good to know that managers, executives, company bigwigs, and "$100k talent" donate their castoffs to thrift stores too. No offense intended, but I wonder if any thrift store shoppers would actually be able to use this tape much less want to buy it except for weirdos like me who scour for this kind of stuff to post on blogs like this.

Hunter Lott is a human resources consultant who is "one of America's foremost experts on hiring and firing". Hunter Lott is a champion of "the rights of management" helping out the big guy. He is presently still helping companies hire the right people for the job and not getting sued firing the people who the companies thought were right for the job.

This tape is for bosses and "human resource professionals" who are taught on side 1 on how to conduct interviews so "potential superstars" can be identified. Hunter Lott explains on side 2 how to fire people without getting an appearance in a courtroom. Anyone who is a wage slave, an underling, someone on one of the lowest rungs of the ladder, anyone who is a member of the lower classes, or any worker on the bottom of the employee hierarchy/food chain can listen to this tape to learn how management thinks on hiring and firing or how management should think on hiring and firing. Also if your name is Don, you should start to worry about your job. Just sayin'.

This tape does come with a disclaimer:

NOTE: This cassette is intended to offer general information about laws, regulations and procedures which you can use to your benefit when dealing with these important labor matters. If you have any questions about any specific hiring and firing situation, contact a qualified labor attorney for assistance.

Ya got that. There's lots of useful info on this tape. Get that sampler ready (you know who you are). ;)

Tracklisting:

Side 1

1. Front-Line Interviewing {18:01}

Side 2

1. The Firing Session {14:32}

Al Gilbert - Stepping Tones Tap Dancing Aid #344

Al Gilbert - Stepping Tones Tap Dancing Aid #344

*special thanks to KL from NYC for sharing this

KL says:

The guy sounds like one of those 1940s sportscasters who broadcast from the race track/boxing ring, and the music could have been created for Sally the Stripper's Tap Dance Strip-O-Rama (the tempo seems a bit fast for tap dancing while twirling the tassels, but a lot of those strippers were pretty agile), however Al Gilbert's obituary in Dance Magazine (September 2003) is pretty impressive.

Some highlights:

- his codified syllabi for tap and jazz made a major impact on the way these forms were taught internationally.

- wrote Al Gilbert's Tap Dictionary: Encyclopedia of Tap Terminology and Related Information

- Oklahoma City University presented him with the Living Treasure in American Dance Award. He was a member of their Executive Advisory Board and taught annually at their campus.

- He was honored by many dance organizations for his tireless efforts to improve the teaching of American dance. He tried to make dancing "fun".

- His many videos and dance notes are available at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.

Personally, I enjoy the music more than the tap dancing instructions. Maybe it has something to do with the music being associated with strippers. Come to think of it, the music would be really good for tap dancing strippers. Tap dancing strippers. That sounds interesting ... Umm, to get back on track, Al Gilbert is an important figure in the world of dance and the fine arts as the man's obituary makes clear. This 7" record is actually for advanced tap dancers which may explain why the tempos are really fast. I don't think that most of you are tap dancers which you're asking why would I be interested in listening to this. This record is fun for a listen to Gilbert's rapid fire instructions and I think I've already given you a reason to listen to the music.

Tracklisting:

Side A

1. Music, Taps, & Vocal Instruction (Slower Tempo) {3:30}

2. Music & Taps (Faster Tempo) {2:51}

Side B

1. Music Only [+ bass] {2:51}