365 Days #206 - Coyote McCloud & Clara Peller - Where's The Beef? (mp3s)
MP3:
Side A: Where's The Beef? (3:08)
Side B: Where's The Beef? [Instrumental] (3:10)
First, I'd like to thank Otis for giving me a chance to be a part of this exciting project. Not much to say here...a bit of 80's nostalgia. You can do a simple search to find out more about Coyote McCloud and Clara Peller. There are even some vintage commercials found at YouTube. Found this on Ebay a while ago. Not sure how rare it may be, but I couldn't find this anywhere on the net. Enjoy!
Technical Notes: This 45rpm was is great shape to begin with. Nevertheless (do people still use that word?) it was cleaned with a Nitty Gritty and transferred directly through a Radial J-33 phono pre-amp to an M-Audio Firewire 410 soundcard. No noise reduction, EQ, or alterations of any kind have been made. 192kbps.
Long Live WFMU!
- Contributed by: Spaceboy
Media: 7"
Label: Awesome Records
Catalog: ASM 105
Date: 1984
Doesn't the inclusion of the instrumental entirely defeat the purpose of the novelty? Really gonna spin the instrumental as if it were a legit track?? Crazy. Hilarious. Superb!
Posted by: Jude | July 25, 2007 at 11:08 AM
felt it necessary to include an instrumental on the flip? where's the novelty there? superb shit.
Posted by: Jude | July 25, 2007 at 11:12 AM
Aw yes, I've wanted this one for a while. Superb little song! Love that catchy chorus with the Clara Peller sample!
Posted by: The Swill Man | July 25, 2007 at 06:38 PM
This is one of my favorite records. I'm so glad to get a fresh clean copy!
Posted by: Derrick Bostrom | July 25, 2007 at 08:20 PM
YES! always wanted to hear this :D thanks!
Posted by: art | July 25, 2007 at 11:46 PM
Inane! Sublime! Hilarious! In a Reagan-era day cluttered with nonsense Ms. Peller can stand right up proudly there with Alf, Mr. Furley, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and JR Ewing. The detail of the technical notes launches this straight into the realm of "serious art" as well.
Posted by: Dale Hazelton | July 26, 2007 at 09:48 AM
Best mp3 of the entire project.
Posted by: Rufus | July 26, 2007 at 01:40 PM
great to get the instrumental bed....on the flip, just used as fill for the b side...though I never did understand why you just didn't put both sides as the actual song. I think it was a little excessive to run this through the nitty gritty, but good to get the actual sleeve. could easily loop the B side it for something....
now I remember coyote mcloud from the CBS 48 HRS special in 1992 on shock radio...which I have on tape somewhere....what's even weirder is that he could get wendy's name on a project like this. just goes to show you what happens when you have a incredibly successful ad campaign...it lives forever!!
Posted by: snarfdude | July 26, 2007 at 10:38 PM
There is a certain Neil Hamburger song about 7/11s all being the same that bears a strong resemblance to this song. Maybe neil or Derrick Bostrom had a copy of this too?
Posted by: Foz | July 27, 2007 at 04:14 PM
Fantastic. I posted one of his airchecks at Arcane Radio Trivia.
Posted by: Jose Fritz | July 28, 2007 at 08:48 AM
Somehow I knew before even listening to it that the music was going to sound EXACTLY like Rodney Dangerfield's "Rappin' Rodney."
That sluggish post-disco psuedo-Rap beat, the drum machine, the sampled chorus, it's all there baby.
A high point in low art.
Posted by: Scott Mercer | July 30, 2007 at 06:27 AM
I have the original version of this 45! Instead of Clara Peller, it had Coyote doing a laughably lame imitation of her. Funny stuff!
Posted by: Sammy Reed | August 01, 2007 at 02:04 PM
wow,never knew this was even done,makes me hungry,and wanna dance all at the same time!
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Posted by: rob | December 14, 2007 at 11:23 AM