The Most Important Event of the Year (9:34)
If you've never heard this one, I don't want to spoil the surprise. All I can say is that it's an antidote for the late-spring heat wave that's made the Northeast a very unpleasant place to be for the last few days and that the purple pellets and the dial could be sinister.
This 1965 production was part of a series written and produced by Bert Tenzer. You'll hear the unmistakable voice of Mason Adams as the father of the Jacoby family. Each of the albums uses a mystery-drama concept to conceal the identity of the product being advertised, which is revealed with much fanfare near the end.
It's one of the most unique forms of advertising ever employed. Dealers were given a stack of these records, and customers could take them home and listen to them. In exchange for brining the record back to the store, the customer would receive a discount coupon for the product advertised. I've only come across three of them in my travels, but it's possible that more exist. Information on Tenzer and the records themselves is scarce, although this one turns up fairly frequently at record shows.
I'll post my other two Tenzer tracks next Wednesday. In the meantime, if you've got any additional information about Tenzer and his advertising records, leave a note in the comments.
LOL...talk about a more innocent time. It totally sounded like Dad had turned into a pusher. Whatever they're selling, I'm buying! Psst...got any 'purple pellets'?
Posted by: motordog | June 29, 2008 at 09:11 PM
I know this mp3 ) Good to listen when alone.
Posted by: rock | September 19, 2008 at 04:14 AM