Rediscovered session performances, previously available only to collectorsof musical mayhem, now astound a new generation of connoisseurs as theCity Slicker Hits the Fan with twenty-two of his Sunday-Punch Transcriptionsfor Standard. Be warned to stand just within the shouting range of yourloudspeakers as that improbable Spike Jones Organisation lets fly in thestyle that made the name. You'll hear Rudolph Valentino in his first speakingrole impersonating Carl Grayson as The Sheik of Araby, mythicalHiccuphone incomparably played by mythical Willie Spicer, who bows outfor good in a heartfelt tribute to erstwhile dictator Adolf Hitler (executedsans Bronx Cheer but mit eine Hoboken Fonk).
The Band That Plays For Fun benevolently advises World War Two kamikazepilots that You're a Sap, Mr. Jap, and goes ape with his own specialbrand of voodoo Down in Jungle Town...
Four danceable ditties provide a pleasant interlude and spotlight theboys on their best behavior... The percussive sinuses of pianna-playerFrank Leithner supply plenty of flak for the Dixieland Jazz Battle of WaterLou while Never Hit Your Grandma With a Shovel offers anotheraction-packed chapter... The Slickers operate the Pop Corn concession fora re-creation of Coney Island in the 1920's, as Franz Liszt's blisteredclassic Liebestraum once again gets busted-nose treatment at thetempo that kills... For an encore, you'll hear Jimmy Stewart soundalikes-s-s-signing off the proceedings with St-St-St-Stella. 1943 And All Thatplus considerably more, in this jumbo-sized package of stark starring musicalmerchandise.