THE CLOVERS COCKSUCKERS BALL / DARBYTOWN 7" 45 RPM NYC SINGLE FRANK ZAPPA COVER
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1973 - THE CLOVERS - COCKSUCKER'S BALL / DARBYTOWN - - 7" VINYL RECORD - 45 RPM SINGLE - BROADCAST RECORDS NEW YORK LABEL - 3019-AB - UNLIKE WHAT SOME PEOPLE CLAIM, THIS SONG BY THE CLOVERS WASN'T ORIGINALLY RECORDED IN THE 50'S OR 60'S - IT WAS RECORDED IN 1973 BY CLOVER'S FOUNDING MEMBER HAROLD LUCAS, WITH TIPPIE HUBBARD, TOY WALTON AND JOHN BOWIE, ALL OF WHOM HAD JOINED THE CLOVERS IN THE 1960'S - THIS SONG NEVER APPEARED ON ANY CLOVERS ALBUM THEY HAD RECORDED FOR AHMET ERTEGUN'S ATLANTIC RECORDS LABEL AND WAS A NOVELTY RECORD SPREAD AROUND BY WORD OF MOUTH THERE'S NO WAY THIS SONG COULD HAVE BEEN PLAYED ON THE RADIO THEN OR EVEN NOW. FRANK ZAPPA DID COVER THIS SONG IN THE 80'S } - READ ALL ABOUT IT DOWN THERE - SO IF YOU'RE A CLOVERS / FRANK ZAPPA RELATED COLLECTOR, A VINTAGE FILTH COLLECTOR OR PERHAPS MERELY A GEEZER WITH NOTHING BETTER TO DO TONITE AND SOME EXTRA MONEY TO SPEND, DUE TO THE VACUUM CLEANER NEXT DOOR HAVING A PRIOR ENGAGEMENT FOR THE EVENING, LOOK NO FURTHER
THE CLOVERS WERE A WASHINGTON, DC BASED VOCAL GROUP FORMED IN THE LATE 40'S AT ARMSTRONG HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT HERE IN THE DISTRICT. THEY HAD A FEW HITS PERHAPS THE BEST KNOWN IS THE 1959 SONG "LOVE POTION #9". NOW SOME PEOPLE, YES SOME PEOPLE HAVE CLAIMED THAT THEY RECORDED THIS SONG "COCKSUCKER'S BALL" IN THE 50'S OR EARLY, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY A NOVELTY SONG THEY DID LONG AFTER THEY HAD BECOME POPULAR. SO NO, COCKSUCKER'S BALL WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A SONG THAT FRANK ZAPPA AND CAPTAIN BEEFHEART WOULD HAVE STAYED UP AND LISTENED TO IN LANCASTER, CALIFORNIA WHEN THEY USED TO STAY UP ALL NIGHT LISTENING TO BLUES AND DO WOP RECORDS IN BEEFHEART'S BEDROOM THEN GOING OUT AND STEALING MUFFINS FROM BEEFHEART FATHER'S HELMS BREAD TRUCK. MOST LIKELY SOMEBODY GAVE FRANK THIS SINGLE DURING ONE OF HIS 70'S CONCERT TOURS SINCE HE LIKED THIS KIND OF FILTH, AND FRANK DECIDED LATER TO HAVE HIS BAND PERFORM IT. THE SONG IT'S SELF IS A PARODY OF "DARKTOWN STRUTTERS BALL" WRITTEN BY SHELTON BROOKS AND FIRST RECORDED BY THE ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND IN 1917. I THINK THIS ONE ON BROADCAST RECORDS IS THE ORIGINAL SINGLE. THERE IS ANOTHER ONE ON THE JET RECORDS LABEL WITH STAMPED TITLES THAT WAS MADE TO LOOK LIKE IT WAS A 50'S SINGLE. THERE'S PROBABLY A FEW OTHER MUTATIONS AS IS OFTEN THE CASE WHEN IT COMES TO THESE ADULT NOVELTY TYPE SINGLES. BY THE WAY, THERE'S SOME ZAPPA SITE WHERE SOMEBODY TRIED TO TRANSCRIBE THE LYRICS AND GOT A LOT OF THEM WRONG. LOOKS TO ME LIKE A CASE OF ANOTHER EUROPEAN IDIOT WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND ENGLISH. WHEN WILL IT EVER END? THERE'S NO INNUENDOS HERE. IF I WERE TO WRITE THE CORRECT LYRICS TO THE SONG IN HERE THEY WOULD KICK IT OFF FOR SURE, IT'S BAD ENOUGH ALREADY AS IT IS. OK LARRY?BOTH SIDES PLAY PERFECT. VISUALLY IT'S A NICE SHINY RECORD, A FEW SMALL SCUFFS ON THE DARBYTOWN SIDE AND WHAT BASICALLY LOOKS LIKE SMUDGES ON THE COCKSUCKER SIDE. NONE OF WHICH AFFECTED AFFECTED PLAY. VERY LIGHT WEAR ON THE LABELS, MAYBE A LITTLE YELLOWING. THE RECORD ORIGINALLY CAME IN A GREEN DINOSAUR LOOKING PAPER SLEEVE, BUT NOW THE RECORD COMES IN A NICE QUALITY COLLECTOR'S TYPE OF SLEEVE . BUT WAIT...., THERE'S MORE..., BECAUSE DUE TO THE FACT THAT WEEZE TIGHT, I'M GONNA GIVE YEZ A PLASTIC OUTER SLEEVE ABSOLUTELY FREE.
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HEY LARRY, STILL HANGING AROUND WAY DOWN HERE? WELL YEZ PROBABLY HAVE NOTHING BETTER TO DO SO TONITE. SO CHECK OUT MY FRANK ZAPPA AND THE MOTHERS OF INVENTION, STEVE VAI, , CAPTAIN BEEFHEART AND HIS MAGIC BAND, TIM BICKLEY , LARRY "WILD MAN" FISCHER , ALICE COOPER PLUS MORE FRANK ZAPPA / CAPTAIN BEEFHEART RELATED ARTISTS THAN YEZ CAN SHAKE YER STICK AT AND AS IF THAT WEREN'T ENOUGH I'VE ADDED SOME OTHER COOL PSYCHEDELIC / HARD ROCK ARTISTS FOR YOUR DANCING AND DINING PLEASURE SUCH AS: CAPTAIN BEYOND, BULL ANGUS, JETHRO TULL, KING CRIMSON, JIMI HENDRIX, PINK FLOYD, BLUE CHEER WITH THE LEGENDARY DICKIE PETERSON, MOUNTAIN WITH THE PORTLY LESLIE WEST AND THE EXTREMELY COOL FELIX PAPPALARDI, AS WELL AS SOME COOL MARYLAND ARTISTS SUCH AS ROOT BOY SLIM AND THE SEX CHANGE BAND, MICHAEL FATH AND OTHERS IN MY E-BAY STORE: SIR RICHARD PUMP A LOAF'S BAKERY. WHERE THE BUNS ARE ALWAYS HOT 'N FRESH AND THE MUFFINS IN THERE JUST MIGHT BE PERSUADED INTO REMOVING THEIR ROSETTAS FOR A GEEZER SUCH AS YOURSELF. THE ADMISSION REMAINS ABSOLUTELY FREE . SO WADDA YEZ WAITIN' FOR, HUH?
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