From the Vaults of JOiFU Records (or, "What the Numodynamic Heck?!")

      I just got another copy of Gene Marshall's Version of "What Do You Say Baby Beautiful Joyce", as well as another JOiFU 45. So I'll present 'em both here.

     If you don't recall, here's the "origin story" once again. On Bob Purse's "The Wonderful and the Obscure", he uploaded a Mike Thomas 45 with an intriguing song on this post.

     In doing an online search for that title, I found out that song-poem legend Gene Marshall did another version! Apparently, the lyric-writer, and/or "Beautiful Joyce" herself, reconfigured the words, sent them to another song-poem company, then had that version pressed on their own "vanity label". I uploaded this 45 on one of my previous "S&B" blogs.

Here are the labels from the copy I already had.

 

     Now I have another copy, with a cacophony of promotional blurb-ness (if there's such a word) on the front of its paper sleeve.

     For the heck of it, here are those 2 songs again. I'm gonna dispense with the corny "band names" that are given on these labels.

What Do You Say Baby Beautiful Joyce - Gene Marshall Download

Diane No. 2 - Gene Marshall Download

     Now for the next record in my collection, another JOiFU 45!

Big Beat Daddy - Vicki Download

     I wondered if there was any song-poem singer named Vicki who this could be. Then, I heard her sing. It isn't Vicki Farrell, is it?! If so, this is about 15 years after "Absolutely Positi'vly Love", and maybe several years after "You Can't Make Me Over". And hey, she talks on this one! I'm glad to own my first Vicki Farrell 45 ("if so", of course)!

Tell You Again - Mike Rogers Download

I don't think I heard him on any song-poems, but then again, I haven't heard every song-poem ever made. Mike gives us another reference to "beautiful Joyce" and her "beautiful voice" in this song.

     Now, here's hoping I can find that album, or that JOiFU 156 45. Until then, goodbye,

and...

M E R R Y   C H R I S T M A S

Music of America HAR-60

 

     Yes, folks - We're going into the 90's with this one!

     What is the deal with the lines?! They're not on the covers! Does my phone camera add them to the images? It just seems to happen to Music of America covers. This bugs me, but at least you can see what's on the covers besides the lines, anyway.

Words - Stephanie Allen Download

Cry Myself to Sleep - Charles Clark Download

My Love Song - Charles Clark Download

I Love Ruth - Carlton St. John Download

A Special Kind of Love - William LeBlanc Download

I Have Feelings Too, Friend - Erica Laine Download

Oooh! Baby - Carlton St. John Download

I think it should've been titled "Ohhh Baby", since that's what he's singing.

Give Your Love to Me - William LeBlanc Download

Eileen, I Learn - Charles Clark Download

It Must Be Love - Charles Clark Download

This Island of Mine - Charles Clark Download

"Cindy Blue" sounds to me like Debbie Davies, who sang on MSR under her real name, then "Debbi Davis", and then "Liza Evans".

The Rest of My Life - Cindy Blue Download

I Want a Woman - Carlton St. John Download

I Take What I Want - Carlton St. John Download

Big City Gal - Stephanie Allen Download

It's a pretty good guess that Fran Schottland Slotkin, who wrote the words to this song, signed the autograph on the cover.

We Were Too Young to Know - Cindy Blue Download

'Twas the Night before Christmas - Carlton St. John Download

Sight Can Be Blind - Carlton St. John Download

Made Up on You - Cindy Blue Download

Heartbreak - William LeBlanc Download

Hollywood Sessions HS-042

     I got the covers & labels of another song-poem album saved up, and here it is. You may recognize some of these songs.

Dick Kent, as "Buddy Raye", takes over the whole 1st side.

Love Is a Treasure - Buddy Raye Download

Say That You Love Me - Buddy Raye Download

Two Happy People - Buddy Raye Download

It Only Lasts for a While - Buddy Raye Download

Sentimental Music - Buddy Raye Download

You've Got Me Talking to Myself - Buddy Raye Download

The Ideal Gal - Buddy Raye Download

Snowflakes Are Falling - Buddy Raye Download

Sweet Dreams - Michelle Wood Download

I Am Water - Michelle Wood Download

You Hurt Me - Michelle Wood Download

The backing track here uses a different arrangement of the Halmark song "Life Is a Flame", along with many other Halmark songs. Hear this one on this post from Bob Purse's "The Wonderful and the Obscure".

Wait a minute... "I'm in the mood for sin"?!

The Play of Life - Michelle Wood Download

Lady Snow - Buddy Raye Download

Samuel Jackson - Buddy Raye Download

I Am Sure, My Love - Buddy Raye Download

The Family Circle - Buddy Raye Download

Hit Sounds of Today L-8057

 

     I went to my folder of past albums for my blog where I still had the images for the albums. To my disappointment, I only have 4 of them: the one I posted last time, the Ramsey Kearney album that I put up when I was still on WordPress, the MSR 1975 Christmas Album, and this one. I still have other albums, but I didn't have the covers and labels saved up in my folder, so I have to retake the covers and rescan the labels. But when I do, buddies... 7/14/24: I started getting busy snapping those covers and scanning those labels, and I have another album posted already! Click the top of the page for my latest posts!

     In the meantime, here's one from the imaginatively-named "Major Label Records". I don't recognize the singers in the also-imaginatively-named "The Hitmakers", except I think that's Dick Kent singing the last song on each side, which are versions of traditional songs. Note the cute little aliases given for the writers of those.

Love Me - The Hitmakers Download

When I Kiss Your Picture Goodnight - The Hitmakers Download

I'll Dream Your Dream Comes True - The Hitmakers Download

Take My Hand - The Hitmakers Download

One More Time Around - The Hitmakers Download

Sing, Song, Sung - The Hitmakers Download

You can hear, hear, hear this song, and download, download, download it too

... and seem glad!

Old Timers - The Hitmakers Download

In a Reflection of Water - The Hitmakers Download

What could I say that's any different than I did the last 2 times I had it on my previous "S&B" blogs? I'll just let you hear it now.

Careless Love - The Hitmakers (Dick Kent) Download

Weasels in the Chicken House - The Hitmakers Download

The backing music is a different arrangement of that used in the song "Here Comes Ole Dirty Face" by Dick Kent as "The Real Pros". Hear that song on this post from Bob Purse's "The Wonderful and the Obscure".

Wendy - The Hitmakers Download

Let Me Get to Know You - The Hitmakers Download

Amy Girl - The Hitmakers Download

The 23rd of May - The Hitmakers Download

Pretense - The Hitmakers Download

What else could I say about this one that..., etc.

Impressions - The Hitmakers Download

Is She Crying - The Hitmakers Download

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands - The Hitmakers (Dick Kent) Download

Music of America HAR-38

      I think this was the last thing I had here before the cutoff and resulting new address. Anyway, let's go.

I Will Seal It with a Kiss - William LeBlanc Download

Not only does the title look familiar, the words sound pretty dang familiar, too!

Some People in Love - Stephanie Allen Download

Love Shine - Stephanie Allen Download

The ol' Bobbi Blake syndrome of speaking the words over again during the fadeout happens here.

The Girl of My Dreams - Carlton St. John Download

Everybody Is a Dreamer - Carlton St. John Download

Tears - Erica Laine Download

Dreams - Erica Laine Download

So Many Faces - Steve Day Download

If you ever heard the infamous "Dark Love" from Bob Purse's "The Wonderful and the Obscure" blog, and wondered how Steve Day would sound doing a country song, here's your chance!

Sin No More - Stephanie Allen Download

That Steve Day song (a much more appropriate one this time) is also followed by a gospel song.

Boy Just Wants to Make a Living - Stephanie Allen Download

I know this is an anti-racism song, but it reminds me so much of the crap I went through in high school. How I coulda used those no-bullying rules then.

O'Calories - William LeBlanc Download

Angels Don't Go to Bar Rooms - William LeBlanc Download

In Loving Memory - Erica Laine Download

I really want my blog to be as family-oriented as possible, but when you wanna have a complete song-poem album, and a song like this comes along, what the heck can ya do?

From a Hobo to a Dressed Up Bum - Charles Clark Download

Bad Drugs - Steve Day Download

Now he's gonna be a rapper!

I Left My Heart - Charles Clark Download

Well, the title is familiar, but this time the words aren't.

Morning Light - Stephanie Allen Download

The Child Is Safe - Stephanie Allen Download

Eh.

Oh America - The Hollywood Quintet Download

When you see the words "Hollywood Quintet", it means one thing - an instrumental.

Roses and Dreaming - Stephanie Allen Download