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What is the absolute strangest album in your collection?

I have a 2-LP set from 1969 by renowned horror actor Vincent Price called Witchcraft and Magic: An Adventure in Demononlogy. Over the course of the two records, Price basically gives a lecture on the history and practices of witchcraft, with brief detours along the way on subjects such as Nazi Germany.

Below is a video where you can hear a brief sample of the album, but I want to know what the strangest album you own is?

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Permalink Reply by Jim Pipkin on September 27, 2010 at 11:08am

Strangest album? Yma Sumac's "Voice of the Ixtabay" & "Inca Tacqui" on a single LP. Serious wierd.

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Permalink Reply by Adam Sheets on September 27, 2010 at 2:15pm

Heard of her, but never actually heard her.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Pipkin on September 27, 2010 at 2:19pm

Kind of a cross between Chinese Opera, neo-experimental performance art, and fingernails on a blackboard!

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Permalink Reply by hyperbolium.com on September 28, 2010 at 9:46pm

I saw Yma Sumac perform live in 1987 - she was fantastic.

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Permalink Reply by Jack on September 27, 2010 at 11:23am

Tiny Tim - "Girl"

Brave Combo backed Tiny on these covers, which include Stairway To Heaven, Hey Jude, and New York, New York. Hey Jude begins with a very odd vocal intro before the song settles into a...cha-cha! Stairway To Heaven alone is worth the price of this record. I wonder if this version ever made it to Page and Plants ears and if so what the hell they thought. Band of WTF?

In reading Bob Dylan's Chronicles, it was interesting to read that he and Tiny were something of pals in the early 60's as they made the coffee house rounds in Greenwich Village.

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Permalink Reply by Adam Sheets on September 27, 2010 at 2:15pm

I'm not very well acquainted with Tiny Tim past "Tiptoe through the Tulips." Perhaps I should be.

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Permalink Reply by Jack on September 27, 2010 at 2:33pm

Well, this album would more than suffice. His natural singing voice was an idiosyncratic baritone and this record veers between eccentric and novelty; a conversation piece.

If you're unfamiliar with Brave Combo, now there's a band to check out. Their music is polka and polka based, but it's not six fat guys banging it out on accordians. They mix in every conceivable type of music, often within the same song. They are a blast live. The first time my wife and I saw them was in St. Louis circa 1997, and the dance floor was packed 30 minutes before show time, and stayed that way.