Bizarre Records

The Playboy Pair (Sam Venti & Bobby Randazzo)
“Live at the Foaming 60′s”
Extremely Brave #3006

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I can’t find anything about the awsomely-named “Foaming 60′s” club, but the address is now home to one “Groucho’s Bar and Grill”

Linda Petty and the Main Event
“Linda”
no label
1985

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David Paquette
“Live at the Pioneer Inn”
1976, Trim #1985

From the Back Cover:

“In 1973 David landed on the shores of Maui and has been performing nitely at the Pioneer Inn in Lahaina since. Listening to David growl and stomp his way through a night at the Pioneer is an experience that shouldn’t be missed. But if you can’t afford the airfare the next best thing to being there is listening to “Live at the Pioneer Inn”

Running a jazz festival in New Zealand

MAILBAG:

VERY COOL TO FIND MY FIRST LP ON YOUR SITE..THERE ARE NOW 47 OTHERS…….I ALSO COLLECT STRANGE VINYL (THERE ARE A LOT IN NEW ZEALAND WHERE I LIVE NOW)….DID YOU NOTICE THAT JOHN MCVIE OF FLEETWOOD MAC PRODUCED THE RECORD??? II SOLD FIVE AND A HALF THOUSAND OF THOSE OFF MY PIANO IN THE LATE 70′S.. WHERE DIDJA FIND IT??????…REGARDS DAVID PAQUETTE

http://www.waihekejazz.co.nz/david.html

The New Relations
“Great Vibes with Mufftars”
1980, Johnny Dollar #1209

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My blog about this record

Bill Nash
“Presenting Bill Nash”
DOC #101

From the Back Cover:
“Bill has it all. Talent, good looks, and a personal charm which covers his followers like a golden cloak. It is difficult to imagine these days, but at one point in his life he hated singing. His preacher-father, The Rev. Leslie Nash, would include Bill in the family pulpit singalongs and Bill would spend the entire time crying in protest. And Bill kept on revolting until his Aunt Audra opened a cocktail lounge a few blocks down the street from his father’s church.”

Bobbie Mills w/ Shades of Gold

“Memories of Elvis; Walking Tall Loving Them All”
T.M.R. Enterprize

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From the Back Cover:(as written)

“HE BEGAN WORKING AS A SELFEMPLOYED TRUCKER, DROVE A SCHOOL BUS, WORKED AS A PRINTER, AND WORKED ON THE CITY POLICE FORCE OF JOSHUA [TX] FOR 5 YEARS. IT WAS DURING THESE TIMES, THAT BOBBIE BEGAN PLAYING BACKGROUND PARTS FOR THE TV SERIES DALLAS AND THE DALLAS COWBOYS CHEERLEADERS MOVIE. HE HAS MADE PERSONAL APPEARANCES IN COSTUME AT LARGE PARTIES AND CLUBS AS AN ELVIS PRESLEY LOOK ALIKE. SUCH AS THE WESTERN HILLS INN, EULESS, TX, S.P.J.S.T. LODGE BURLESON, TX, AND THIS LIVE RECORDING AT THE GRAPEVINE, TX. TO BRING HIS MEMORIES OF ELVIS. HE REALIZED HE SANG LIKE HIM AND THIS CAUSED BOBBIE TO SING ONLY ELVIS PRESLEY SONGS.”

The Links
s/t
1978, # LP-504

The Links rock the Big Smiles, Big Hair, and Big Bowties look.

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George Liberace
“Dine and Dance With George Liberace at the Beverly Hilton”
Crown #CLP-5141

Yep, its THE Liberace’s brother, who made a living fooling people into thinking they were going to see his sibling.

Kijana

“The Soul of Kijana Unfolds in Music”
Mahdi Records
1976

From the Back Cover:

“In addition to his musical abilities, Kijana owns the most famous black hair styling shop in the world — ‘Magnificent Brothers’ — in Los Angeles. He also managed to find time to patent his own scented hair spray.”

“Did You Really Choose Me?”

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The hair shop still exists – same address as on the record! No sign of Kijana, though…

Hulda

“At The Summit”
1968, Summit Records

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From the Back Cover:

“Certainly this album could have been called ‘The Many Moods of Hulda,’ for here she has recreated the sounds that are heard live nightly at the Summit. When first we discussed making an album the greatest problem was how to get the feeling of Hulda’s moods, personality, and voice quality on record. Could we duplicate her ability to tell a story of joy or sorrow the way she does nightly at the club?  After long hours of recording these songs…, we believe it is all here under this cover photograph taken one evening as Hulda sang in the Fire Room of the luxurious Summit Club in Downtown Houston.”