365 Days #280 - Tony Randall - Vo Vo De Oh Doe (mp3s)

MP3:
01 Byrd (1:41)
02 Cecilia (2:31)
03 Stumbling (1:44)
04 Lucky Lindy (2:04)
05 Winchester Cathedral (2:23)
06 Boo Hoo (2:49)
07 Annie Doesn't Live Here Anymore (2:53)
08 You're Gonna Lose Your Gal (2:15)
09 Wilkomen (2:10)
10 Doo Wacka Doo (2:06)

Tony Randall's "Vo Vo De Oh Doe" album has it all over "The Odd Couple Sings" in several ways. For one, he doesn't have to contend with Jack Klugman's rusty pipes. For another, he doesn't have to play the role of Felix Unger in his delivery.

That doesn't make it normal, however. Randall doesn't exactly play it straight with a lot of these "olde tyme" numbers - and there is a weird psychedelic component to the production.

- Contributed by: John Mitchell

Image: Cover

Comments

[Kurt Gottschalk]

thanks for this. it's gonna make a friend very happy - both this and the odd couple record. but when i grabbed it (using downthemall, and excellent tool), i got a 90 second track called :20071002-vzr8us" that identifies itself as a podcast and sounds like some chipmunk residents singing 'he isn't dead yet.'

what the hell?

[Mertam]

Oh My God! I used to listen to this album all the time as a child. I have one copy on tape and an old Mono pressing that I found at one of the record fairs. This album truly captures the essence of Tony Randall. You decide if that is a good thing.

I love every song on this album, but my top picks are Stumbling and Winchester Cathedral. I never realized that each song was so short.

[Dale Hazelton]

Ouch! I hate to be the squeaky wheel here, but this Rudee Valley-style production is a fiasco. I have the Odd Couple Sing on vinyl and was excited to see this, but even as a novelty it's boring and forced. The band sounds like it came from one of those ragtimey records put out by Firestone or Goodyear. Sad...

[Russ]

I Remember hearing "Stumbling" as background music to skits on The Ghoul TV show (he aired from Cleveland and later from Detroit) in the 1970's. I didn't realize how twisted a complete album of Mr. Randall would be. Stay Sick.

[greg]

I am a big fan of celebrity records, especially Tony Randall's. He has another Vaudeville style LP called "Warm and Wavery" on which he sings "When Banana Skins Are Falling," a tune which later appeared on the Odd Couple LP.

Also worthy of mention: he appears on the Broadway cast recording of O Captain, and released two children's records full of 70s era stuff about "feeling ok if you're different."