Category Archives: WTF?

Bad Albums, WTF Records Wanted

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Turntabling is once again on a bughunt for the weirdest vinyl records and worst album covers ever. I am very interested in purchasing weird vinyl records, especially spoken word albums.

I have a special love for insanely dated, horribly intolerant, misguided, wrongheaded, and just plain WTF vinyl. From those “adults only” records that used to be sold under the counter at truck stops all across America to the worst TV preacher insanity committed to vinyl, I will buy these regardless of condition.

If you have anything resembling the records described above, or have something so bewildering that you just can’t believe it was ever pressed to vinyl, do get in touch: jwallace242@gmail.com.

I am always happy to review lists of vinyl for sale or get links to vinyl blogs, etc. Thanks much in advance for contacting me on any/all of the above.

 

–Joe Wallace

John Trubee “A Blind Man’s Penis” Seven-Inch

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The story according to Re:Search Magazine and other sources goes like this: John Trubee sent money to one of those mail-order “Send us your lyrics and we’ll make a song out of them” offers. He wrote the lyrics you’re about to hear, which were sung verbatim over a “minimal country and western” backing track with one important, lawsuit-dodging exception.

Apparently the company responsible for the music refused to let their crooner utter the phrase “Stevie Wonder’s penis” and changed it to what you hear today. This record has become one of the more infamous examples of outsider music of the pre-YouTube era. Brace yourself for the wonder that is “A Blind Man’s Penis”.

Did we mention that it’s been written John Trubee later got a recording deal with Enigma Records, partially due to a suicide note he sent them after his initial rejection? That is supposed to be true–whether it is or not, some of us choose to believe it IS true, because that’s just too funny to to be real.



WTF Records: Ronald Reagan Freaks Out About Healthcare

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With all the froth and splutter about the recent Supreme Court decision about healthcare, it’s fitting to post this delighfully paranoid freakout by none other than Ronnie Raygun about “socialism” and other nonsense. And it’s on VINYL. Reagan rants about socialism, the only thing missing is the Imperial March Theme from Star Wars…



Florence Foster Jenkins Wants to Murder Your Ears

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This video is NOT for the hung over, the easily irritated, or for anyone with an irrational fear of out-of-tune singing. Florence Foster Jenkins, was, by the accounts available in the usual places, a complete nutjob who was CONVINCED she was the Maria Callas of her day. If there is ever another sequel in the SAW franchise, it should be dedicated to visualizing the sonic torture this poor deluded tone-deaf throat scrambler has inflicted on many victims by way of vinyl and live performances.

Brace yourself: