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Frank Zappa’s Unreleased Lumpy Gravy Cover Shoot & Studio Session Photos – Part 6

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Okay!  Here it is, the final part.  Everyone thank Bálint for sending me so many messages and kicking me in the ass everyday to post this.  I’ve just been mad busy with design work lately that I haven’t been able to get to it.  Select the image to view a huge version.  Enjoy.

The York Brothers – Hamtramck Mama

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This amazing compilation released on Detroit’s Fortune Records features a song that probably only Michigan natives would recognize, let alone would be able to pronounce. It’s a song from The York Brothers called Hamtramck Mama. Say it with me, ham-’tra-mik. Hamtramck’s population was, at one time 90% Polish, so the song probably could have been called Polish Mama. But I guess Hamtramck has a better ring to it.

Found at a neighborhood thrift store here in LA, the cover is graced by a dame with tattoos, hence the name of the title track The Tattooed Lady by Skeets McDonald…. and don’t forget about the ELEVEN OTHER SIZZLERS!

Fortune Records started in the mid 40′s in Detroit and recorded many R&B, country, jazz and rockabilly artists like Andre Williams, Nolan Strong & The Diablos, John Lee Hooker, Johnny Bucket and more. Most of the risque tunes on this are dirty, gritty sounding rockabilly/country gems that are way out of print and sound like they were recorded using two cans and some twine. If you ever find this you better pick it up! If not for the songs, then at least for the cover art.

Listen: Hamtramck Mama



Scott Campbell of Detroit’s Nebula Records

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Put your headphones on and get ready for some sweet 7″ psychedelia!  I got this super rare record when I used to work at a record store in the Detroit area about 10 years ago.

Released on Nebula Records in 1973, this unamed project features some tasty psychedelic riffs and trippy guitars.  Scott Campbell founded Nebula Records in 1973 while still a teenager.  The label released cuts by Detroit artists The Sillies, Iggy Pop, MC5 & more.


I haven’t seen this anywhere else, and I’m sure it was a limited release.  Enjoy.

 

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Shit Howdy Boys – Ballad of The Swallows Inn

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With a name like “The Shit Howdy Boys”, I couldn’t help but buy it for a $1 at my local Goodwill.  They seem like they’d vote for building a bigger, taller fence at the Mexican border, and they’d for sure vote for Palin too.

 

Super rare 70′s honky-tonk (with emphasis on the honky part) from San Juan Capistrano is what you get.  Yes, to the left is the real cover they used for their 45.  Apparently, Swallows Inn is still open and serving Miller Lite & “Fine Food”.  Released on S.H.B. Records & produced by Larry Allen.

 

I never understood white people that live in SoCal that bitch about Mexicans.  Those nice brown people were here long before you started hanging faux scrotum sacks from the back of your monster trucks.  Anyways, these good ‘ol boys decided to write a touching song about them called, “Beaners”.  No shit.

 

So, have a little snicker at these songs, and make sure to stay away from Swallows Inn if you know what’s good for you!

 

Listen:
Ballad of The Swallows Inn
Beaners