They're Coming To Take Me Away, Ha Haaa!

Dave · by **Dave** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:03 am

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

ks45 · by **ks45** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 9:17 pm

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.

Record-changer · by **Record-changer** » Tue May 02, 2006 9:32 pm

Mine is like that too. The original release records were all that way. Years later, they rereleased it with something else on the back.

Dave · by **Dave** » Wed May 03, 2006 12:41 am

So does it have any value? Other than making one very ILL if they LISTEN to the B side? DAVE

ks45 · by **ks45** » Mon May 08, 2006 5:06 pm

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

laaft · by **laaft** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:43 am

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??

Guest · by **Guest** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:49 am

[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]

Guest · by **Guest** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:13 pm

It was recorded in August 1950

sentjourn · by **sentjourn** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 11:56 pm

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]

Record-changer · by **Record-changer** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 8:31 pm

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.

wand143 · by **wand143** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 7:40 pm

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....

Record-changer · by **Record-changer** » Sat Oct 27, 2007 8:51 am

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.

wand143 · by **wand143** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 7:42 pm

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.

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