Meet The Beatle Barkers

In the shameless pantheon of novelty music, there is one sub-genre so unspeakable that it's practitioners almost never reveal their actual names. I speak of course of the Singing Animal Song. The Beatles Barkers are no exception. Nowhere on their album (released in the middle of the night in New Zealand) does an actual human being accept musical responsibility. It is credited only to "The Woofers and Tweeters Ensemble," but even this obfuscates the most important point about this deservedly unappreciated genre - the best Singing Animal Records are those in which there are in fact no animals at all. The Beatle Barkers success (if in fact there is any) is derived from the fact that, unlike other Singing Animal records, the animal noises are in fact samples made by human beings. Animal noises are too important to be trusted to the animals.

Here in its discredited entirety is the Beatles Barkers LP, including the original version of that most rancid song, Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da. Beatles-ologists know that Paul McCartney originally penned this aural trainwreck for Badfinger, who respectfully passed on it. Badfinger in turn passed the song on to The Woofers and Tweeters Ensemble, who recorded it in early 1968, but did not release it until 15 years later, after New Zealand's musical statute of limitations had expired.

Pictured above left is Dr. Phrankenshop's new cover for this album. A higher quality copy (as a pdf) is available here. The original album cover is here (jpg).

All My Loving
Can't Buy Me Love
Day Tripper
Hard Day's Night
I Feel Fine
I Saw Her Standing There
I Want To Hold Your Hand
Love Me Do
Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da (original version)
Paperback Writer
She Loves You
We Can Work It Out

Comments

[Debbie]

Thank God you are back from vacation

[payton]

i love the back round music just not the dogs well thee kinda nice but u should put more music on it though

y god y

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[Gary Morris]

This reminds me a bit of Mrs. Miller. It's impossible not to laugh and be downright happy when you hear it. Thanks to those Aussie DJ's for this enduring upper.

[[uzine]]

Bow wow - gave you a mention here http://uzine.posterous.com/2010-03-1720-klaus-beyer-weird-beatles-covers - nothing but the dawg in me …

[Desertico]

LOL, this amazing :)

[Raymond Iglesias]

Everyone is trying to make a buck these days. I don't think this is any
different then some of the major record companies that market some of the
cast-off from American Idol. You get what you pay for.

[Luke]

Thanks Ken