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They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Haaa!
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:03 am
by Dave
I have a copy of They're coming to take me away......It is recorded forward on one side and backwards on the B side, with matching reverse label. Do I have something worth anything? Have never seen it, in this form. Dave
Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:17 pm
by ks45
That how the record came,Dave. Warner Brothers thought it matched the "nuttiness" of the song to have the B side as the same song but backwards and print the label backwards too.
Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 9:32 pm
by Record-changer
Mine is like that too. The original release records were all that way. Years later, they rereleased it with something else on the back.
Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 12:41 am
by Dave
So does it have any value? Other than making one very ILL if they LISTEN to the B side? DAVE
Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 5:06 pm
by ks45
It was a big seller in its time so there's plenty of them about still...they're up for sale at a couple of dollars each
record narrated by ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:43 am
by laaft
I have a record 45 of Peter and the Wolf The Boston Symphony Orchestra
conducted by SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY and narrated by ELEANOR ROOSEVELT. Does anyone have any information about this record??
Re: record narrated by ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:49 am
by Guest
[quote="laaft"]I have a record 45 of Peter and the Wolf The Boston Symphony Orchestra
conducted by SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY and narrated by ELEANOR ROOSEVELT. Does anyone have any information about this record??[/quote]
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:13 pm
by Guest
It was recorded in August 1950
Re: record narrated by ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Posted: Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:56 pm
by sentjourn
Anonymous wrote:laaft wrote:I have a record 45 of Peter and the Wolf The Boston Symphony Orchestra
conducted by SERGE KOUSSEVITZKY and narrated by ELEANOR ROOSEVELT. Does anyone have any information about this record??[/quote]
Unfortunatly there is very little demand for classical music on records. It would sell for no more than $1.00
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:31 pm
by Record-changer
I'm trying to figure out how they fit it all on one 45.
Mine is on a 10-inch 33.
Maybe your 45 is one disc out of a multiple set of records.
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Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:40 pm
by wand143
Record-changer wrote:Mine is like that too. The original release records were all that way. Years later, they rereleased it with something else on the back.
The 1974 re-release, which I bought as a kid, also has the backwards B-side.
A couple other examples of backwards B-sides include "Yellow Balloon" by The Yellow Balloon (a low-charted hit whic turns up on occasion) and "Yummy Yummy Yummy" by The Ohio Express - in the latter's case, I think they just threw that on to fill a B-side because the A-side wasn't intended to be released in its original form. But, someone thought Joey Levine's demo sounded good, so....
Re: They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Haaa!
Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:51 am
by Record-changer
Actually, the flip side of the Ohio Express "Yummy Yummy Yummy" is titled "Zig-Zag" But I reversed it, and it is actually the music tracks of the 1910 Fruitgum Co. Song "Poor Old Mr. Jensen" recorded backwards.
I also have the 1910 Fruitgum Co. single "Indian Giver." It has a reversed flip side "Pow Wow". I reversed it, and had their later hit song "Bring Back Howdy Doody" three years before they released it in forward form, but with a different arrangement.
Re: They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Haaa!
Posted: Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:42 pm
by wand143
Record-changer wrote:Actually, the flip side of the Ohio Express "Yummy Yummy Yummy" is titled "Zig-Zag" But I reversed it, and it is actually the music tracks of the 1910 Fruitgum Co. Song "Poor Old Mr. Jensen" recorded backwards.
I also have the 1910 Fruitgum Co. single "Indian Giver." It has a reversed flip side "Pow Wow". I reversed it, and had their later hit song "Bring Back Howdy Doody" three years before they released it in forward form, but with a different arrangement.
That's really cool - I never knew about either of these.
I remember hearing one of those little Philco record versions of "Yummy Yummy Yummy" but "Zig Zag" was actually mastered FORWARDS.
Among the non-hit backwards B-sides you'll find is "Angela" by Professor Morrison's Lollipop - no coincidence that this is also a Kasenetz-Katz production.