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Who was in Mr Gasser and The Weirdos besides Ed Roth??
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Posted on Oct 31 2011 09:49 AM
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Posted on Oct 31 2011 02:36 PM
Ed Roth wasn't really on these records besides providing the munching sounds on "Termites In My Woodie". It was all Gary Usher and his troops. — |
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Posted on Oct 31 2011 03:38 PM
Here’s what I know about Mr. Gasser and The Weirdos. This is a Gary Usher production even though it credits Jim Economides as producer. Jim Economides also gets producer credit on Dick Dale’s hot-rod themed albums for Capitol CHECKERED FLAG and MR. ELIMINATOR and Jerry Cole’s HOT ROD DANCE PARTY on Capitol among others, but Usher was the go-to guy during the brief hot-rod music craze. He assembled the musicians and singers for this album that included the same Wrecking Crew cats that play on most of Usher’s stuff… Richie Podolor, Hal Blaine, Steve Douglas, Dick Burns of The Hondells and so on. The songwriting is credited to Roth and Robert Klimes. I assume Roth provided the song titles and gearhead jargon. He doesn’t sing on this album but he does the voice at the beginning of Mr. Gasser and the termite sounds on Termites in My Woody. This album is all novelty vocals but on the other two Roth Capitol albums SURFINK and ROD N’ RATFINKS there are some cool instros including re-titled SUPERSTOCKS songs. Here Capitol’s Ad from Sept ’64 issue of CAR CRAFT. Riding the crest of the Hot Rod craze…
BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! Last edited: Oct 31, 2011 15:39:00 |
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Posted on Oct 31 2011 04:34 PM
Radio Free Bakersfield--60 Minutes of TWANG, CRUNCH, OOMPH. |
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Posted on Oct 31 2011 06:21 PM
Cool ad Norm! Thanks for sharing. —Site dude - S3 Agent #202 "It starts... when it begins" -- Ralf Kilauea |
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Posted on Oct 31 2011 07:14 PM
omg, that ad is GOLD,Norm! plus it lists 'The Kickstands'! My dad bought that record when i was 6 years old and at that young impressionable age i actually thought that The Kickstands were as big as the Beatles or Beach Boys! |
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Posted on Nov 01 2011 03:32 AM
shivers13 wrote:
As I recall it from McParland's Surf Music U.S.A. book, Roth was part of the group of people coming up with ideas for the album at the start of the project. He was also supposed to sing on the recording sessions but when it turned out that he couldn't sing for his life, Usher and his singers took over. — |
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Posted on Nov 01 2011 08:24 AM
Picturing Roth and Usher in the studio together fills me with joy. These Mr. Gasser records were 100% novelty items aimed at Roth's styrene kit crazed fans. And judging by the fact they did three of them means they probably sold fairly well. Big Daddy rules! BTW, I'm going to be doing an all Hot Rod edition of Radio Free Bakersfield this Sunday. I'm focusing on the golden era which is '63 to '64. —BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! |
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Posted on Nov 01 2011 08:51 AM
similar question re: another band -- THE SILLY SURFERS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-02Zy86D5SY&feature=related who was in this band? I remember having at least one of their LP's (vinyl) but sadly I no longer own it how many CD's did each band release, and are they still available in some format? thx UN / F — |
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Posted on Nov 01 2011 11:10 AM
The Weird-Ohs album has a nice cover, both front & back. The silly surfers were glue together models of surfer sterotypes. Last edited: Nov 01, 2011 11:10:21 |
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Posted on Nov 01 2011 11:32 AM
You can find some info re the 3 Mr. Gasser records here: http://getdorked.tumblr.com/tagged/Ed%20Big%20Daddy%20Roth —Radio Free Bakersfield--60 Minutes of TWANG, CRUNCH, OOMPH. Last edited: Nov 01, 2011 11:33:26 |
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Posted on Nov 01 2011 12:12 PM
Those covers are just the best. Those Weird-oh models have been reissued. I picked up the "Hot Dogger Hangin' Ten", and the "Beach Bunny Catchin' Rays". Figure I'll have some fun puttin' them together on a rainy day. (Which living here means lots of opportunities.) edit: oops, I meant the Silly Surfer models . . . Last edited: Nov 01, 2011 13:28:26 |
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Posted on Nov 01 2011 01:14 PM
More info re the Silly Surfers: http://theblackseasurfer.blogspot.com/2011/03/weird-ohs-silly-surfers-1964-another.html
Radio Free Bakersfield--60 Minutes of TWANG, CRUNCH, OOMPH. |
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Posted on Nov 01 2011 01:38 PM
I notice Jeff's dad Craig the Keg is the "Hodad Making the Scene with a 6 Pack" . . . Pretty cool reference |
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Posted on Nov 01 2011 04:08 PM
shivers13 wrote:
Cool, will have to check that out and see if you got something I don't! — |
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Posted on Nov 01 2011 05:59 PM
Jerry Cole played on the Kickstands album (also "the Hornets" on Liberty records)..most were "Wrecking Crew" guys (& gal Carol Kaye). Anyone remember "The Sounds Of The Slots" by the Revells ? (It's on "Reprise" records)......& features the same "Usher troops" as on the Hondells LP. Sundazed Music (www.sundazed.com) was going to put these "Mr Gasser" items out a few years ago along w/"Dracula's Deuce" by the Ghouls (same "Usher troops"), but they never did....wish they would !!! Last edited: Nov 01, 2011 18:01:29 |
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Posted on Nov 01 2011 07:20 PM
UnsteadyFreddie wrote:
The SILLY SURFERS and SOUNDS OF THE WEIRD-OH'S songs were co-written by Gary Usher and a man named Jimmy Haskell who went on to be a big time producer. The production on this stuff is credited to Rueben Klamer, but it's a safe bet that the players on these albums are Usher regulars. The label says HAIRY RECORDS but it's actually MERCURY RECORDS home of The Hondells. In a taped interview Usher says he recorded, produced, and performed on over 350 Surf/Hot Rod recordings and over 60 albums in a three year period! Talk about prolific! The Hondells, The Ghouls, The KickStands, The Superstocks, The Four Speeds, The Revells, the list is vast. He also produced and wrote songs for Dick Dale's Hot Rod albums on Capitol. Usher's big claim to fame was that he co-wrote "In my Room" and the hit "409" with Brian Wilson that paved the way for the hot-rod music craze. I like the Roth Mr. Gasser LP's better than the Silly Surfers/Weird-oh's ones. Its fun novelty stuff definitely intended for little (or big) kids, but not in the universe of Usher's other stuff. —BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! |
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Posted on Nov 07 2011 10:55 PM
Klas wrote:
Here you go Klas! Some of what you will hear...
And for those interested in Hot Rod Music listen to this... http://www.radiofreebakersfield.com/shows/rfb251.mp3 —BOSS FINK "R.P.M." available now from DOUBLE CROWN RECORDS! |
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Posted on Nov 08 2011 04:07 AM
That's a boss collection of hot rod albums and quite a few that I don't have myself! — |
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Posted on Nov 26 2011 04:09 PM
WhorehayRFB wrote:
I checked into this thread thinking surely it was about the Record Store Day re-releases of these albums but nary a mention! Against all commercial sense, all three of these were part of Record Store Day's Black Friday push, I just grabbed one from my local definitely-not-vintage-oriented record store, had a couple of copies of each on both CD and vinyl Best part is since these were probably in a bunch of record stores that wanted as many RSD releases as possible, I bet they're about to get plenty cheap when the kids looking for Red Hot Chili Peppers proceed to ignore them —Storm Surge of Reverb: Surf & Instro Radio Last edited: Nov 27, 2011 18:45:57 |
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