I had an itch to post this during the final weeks of the presidential race, but due to the record's rather hateful (but hilarious) far-right conservative script (as read by one of my record-collecting faves Walter Brennan) I elected to wait and see how the chips fell before I dove in. Since the reptilian/humanoid candidate lost we'll now present side one of this rare little gem. Again, one of those discs that I've been DJ'ing bits of for a LONG time and I'm glad to share it in its entirety (well, side one this time anyhoo).
As written by Vick Knight in the early 1960's for Key Records (who I'd like to know more about), it spends two full sides tearing down the LBJ administration and its 'terribly destructive' policies carried over from the Kennedy years. I got quite a shock when I first bought this and heard Mr. Good-Time Ol' Farmer Guy using his normal voice for a change and ripping savagely into anything remotely resembling liberal government policies. The stark cover also struck
me as quite attractive as well.
Both sides of the lp are continuous, so I broke it into eight parts when I ripped it to digital years ago, for easier DJ'ing and listening. So buckle up and hear a side of Mr. Brennan that you may not have heard before.
Wow--nice to learn that it's the liberals making their donors rich. Darn those money-funneling progressives.
All I can say for this idiot is that, unlike Romney, he seems aware that poor people actually exist.
Posted by: Griff | November 11, 2012 at 11:58 AM
KEY records was (I believe) the recording arm of the John Birch Society-- I have several of their LPs, all are spoken word, far-right, paranoia regarding communist infiltration, often recorded live at JBS conventions (and a lot of them are ridiculously long and lo-fi microgroove LPs.) In fact their paranoia is not much different than the kind of constant conspiracy theories dreamed up on conservative blogs these days-- just about anything the government does can be interpreted as part of some sinister one-world-government plot, from farm subsidies to arms reduction treaties.
Posted by: jimson | November 12, 2012 at 10:51 AM
http://www.discogs.com/label/Key+Records+%284%29
Apparently they also did at least one jazz LP, Joe Howard's "Jazz Highway 20", which was news to me (I have several Key LPs, none are music.)
Posted by: jimson | November 12, 2012 at 10:57 AM
http://rateyourmusic.com/label/key_records_f1
Looks like it was NOT officially part of the John Birch Society, but was run by composer Vick Knight, who switched it over from jazz to spoken word in the early 60s.
Posted by: jimson | November 12, 2012 at 12:36 PM
Wow. What a great speech. And very apropos to today's situation and the vaunted 47% etc. I wish more people would have heard this before the election )and before Romney was nominated for that matter). Very true. Thanks for finding it and thanks for finding all your obscure recordings.
Posted by: Al | December 29, 2012 at 12:08 PM
He's your uncle! (slaps face)
He's your father! (slaps face)
He's your uncle! (slaps face)
He's your father! (slaps face)
Posted by: John Clark | February 09, 2013 at 04:41 PM