365 Days #238 - Leona Anderson - Music To Suffer By (mp3s)
MP3:
01 I Love Paris (1:58)
02 Chloe (3:02)
03 Hep Cat (2:21)
04 Habanera from "Carmen" (2:11)
05 Il Bacio (1:54)
06 Tell Me A Tall Tale (2:24)
07 Indian Love Call (3:06)
08 Limburger Lover (2:47)
09 Giannina Mia (2:22)
10 Rats In My Room (2:11)
11 Yo Ho The Crow (2:06)
12 Italian Street Song (1:32)
13 Fish (2:14)
Presenting Leona Anderson in all her vocal glory. For your dining and dancing pleasure we present "Music To Suffer By" accompanied by the song "Fish" for dessert.
- Contributed by: Morita Tensanger
Images: Front Cover, Back Cover
Media: LP
Album: Music To Suffer By
Label: Unique Records
Catalog: LP-115
Date: 1958
"Fish" sourced from the 1997 CD collection "The Ernie Kovacs Record Collection" (now out of print).
Oh, dear. I remember "Fish". I thought it was the most horribly fantastic thing. Thank you for sharing this!
Posted by: Cam | August 26, 2007 at 11:38 AM
love this record. one of the best covers ever. "fish" is an all time favorite of mine.
Posted by: fatty jubbo | August 26, 2007 at 02:49 PM
thank you Morita! I longed for this to come up. Bought the LP a couple of times, but your copy is much cleaner. "Friday is my day for fish": she must'a lived near a Hojo's... wasn't Friday "Fish Fry" night at Hojos?
Posted by: eddie | August 27, 2007 at 12:49 PM
Many, many thanks!!!
Posted by: Bill Farrar | August 28, 2007 at 12:56 AM
I heard this album once about ten years ago at the home of a big record collector... I've been searching for it ever since...Rats in My Room is one of the most amazing pieces of vinyl ever... Thank you. You've made my week!
Posted by: Johnny C | September 03, 2007 at 08:02 PM
hahaha omg
I own this travesty on vinyl. Excellently horrific.
Posted by: Colleen | September 03, 2007 at 11:21 PM
I have this album myself. Mine is a Canadian copy made by Sparton Records of London, Ontario. The cover is completely identical to the Unique cover with the word SPARTON added on the upper right corner of the front cover. I picked up this album in the mid-1970s at a Goodwill store in Flint, MI. It is on the Sparton label and has the same LP-115 catalog number as the Unique issue. The label also bears the words: "arr: RKO-UNIQUE RECORD Mfg. Corp."
Posted by: Gary Flinn | September 09, 2007 at 10:37 PM
The original "Rats in My Room" is as shown above. A few years later, radio deejay Joey Reynolds recorded a rock 'n' roll version with expanded lyrics. Today Reynolds will boast the RIMY idea is ALL his, as if this prior version never existed!
Posted by: Yephora | October 09, 2007 at 10:41 PM
I love this, my mother put this LP when I was a child (45 years ago), and we laughed together... Good or bad voice...who cares, it is funny!
Thank you so much for having this in your site, my wife doesn't want me to buy this...
Posted by: Martin Pitchon | March 21, 2008 at 01:34 PM
She was lost for a long time. I'm glad I found her again.
Posted by: Bill Kinghorn | December 16, 2008 at 10:32 AM
she's perfectly terrible. thanks for the 'fish'
Posted by: golos-tatiana | April 27, 2009 at 08:05 AM