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Favoriting December 19, 2023: Cobras and Bats? TMDWU

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Images Approx. start time
KingCobraJFS  Cobra's Crude Christmas Carols (2023 Edition)   Favoriting   Deathbed Tapes  2023  Cassette 
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Mr. Bat  Mr. Bat Siings   Favoriting   Mark Records  1981  Vinyl 
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Tiny Tim  Christmas Magic   Favoriting   Ritam Music Productions  1995  Cassette 
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N.W. Ayer & Co  Ayer Christmas   Favoriting tape for N.W. Ayer staff  none  1985  Other 
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Santa & Claus  Christmas Dance (Wann Gibt's 'n Hier Geschenke, Ey?) (Happy Christmas-Dance-Mix)   Favoriting Christmas Dance (Wann Gibt's 'n Hier Geschenke, Ey?) (Happy Christmas-Dance-Mix)  Polydor  1988  12" 
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Unknown British Man  Santaland/ Foggy Doggy Rainy Janey Sunny Honey Snowy Joey Christmas   Favoriting demo submitted to UK record label  none  198X  Cassette    1:56:45 (Pop-up)


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Miss Mei:

mary crimas everyone!
Avatar 1:22pm
Mr Fab:

Whoops, didn't realize what time it was. Merry Almost-xmas, Miss Mei!
Avatar 1:22pm
Miss Mei:

↳ Mr Fab @1:22
You are in for something truly impressively crappy.
Avatar 1:23pm
Mr Fab:

ha, i'm laffin already
Avatar 1:23pm
Miss Mei:

↳ Song: "Cobra's Crude Christmas Carols (2023 Edition)" by...
A note: There was a 25 minute track on this I cut out for time so we can play the next album, which features a BAT!
Avatar 1:23pm
Miss Mei:

But not a Bat like the animal. It's an acronym! What could B.A.T. mean? Find out later!
  1:31pm
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Good morning! Was just catching up on WFMU messages and saw your show was playing NOW? hi
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:32pm
postconsumer:

Good morning! Was just catching up on WFMU messages and saw your show was playing NOW? hi
Avatar 1:36pm
Miss Mei:

Yep, it's the show! (it's the show, it's the show)
Avatar 1:38pm
Mr Fab:

hey Jon!

kinda sounds like he makes it up as he goes along. But that's good, don't want to overthink this kinda thing.
Avatar 1:46pm
Mr Fab:

I totally agree with his cold-weather opinions. I'm dreaming of a sunny green christmas
Avatar 1:47pm
Miss Mei:

↳ Song: "Mr. Bat Siings" by "Mr. Bat"
B.A.T. = Bruce Arthur Tweten, the horrifying clown Mr. Bat! Featuring his dear mother on organ.
Avatar 1:48pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Miss Mei @1:47
Yikes! How great thou aren't.
Avatar 1:50pm
Mr Fab:

If he dressed as an actual bat, that would have been kinda cool.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:50pm
postconsumer:

That’s got to be the craziest transition I’ve ever heard. 😄
Avatar 1:52pm
Miss Mei:

↳ Song: "Mr. Bat Siings" by "Mr. Bat"
I have never found any records of Tweten performing as a clown, but he did sing. In 1980, he sang solo for a funeral.
Avatar 1:54pm
Miss Mei:

OMG I FOUND ANOTHER MR BAT ALBUM ! It is released under his real name, and the album title is written on his gravestone, "Bruce Tweten Sings Sacred Music", released in the 1960s.
  1:54pm
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This system doesn?t like my apostrophes and emoticons.
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Mr Fab:

↳ Miss Mei @1:52
i would never have guessed hymns from that cover. Would have expected children's music or sumthin. How could he disappoint the children?!
  1:55pm
moniker:

Mom & Son are very much N’Sync with each other !
I’m feeling the Love.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 1:55pm
postconsumer:

This system doesn?t like my apostrophes and emoticons. And it logged me out…
Avatar 1:59pm
Miss Mei:

↳ Song: "Mr. Bat Siings" by "Mr. Bat"
Bruce Tweten began his singing career at Bisbee, North Dakota at the age of six. During his high school years he was a member of the state FFA chorus for four years and a member of the 100 voice national chorus for two years. He was sponsored by F H Peavy and Company. While in the Air Force he was a first tenor in a base chorus that performed in San Francisco for the premiere showing of "The Joseph McConnell Story" starring June Allyson and Alan Ladd. He was a member and one of the featured soloists with the Jamestown Choralaires. He made frequent appearances as a soloist througout North Dakota.
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Miss Mei:

↳ Song: "Mr. Bat Siings" by "Mr. Bat"
in 1970, Bruce sang at a funeral for a 74 year old man who was crushed by a tractor and loader. Interesting but useless trivia for you BAT fans.
  2:02pm
moniker:

There is a very unusual documentary on a scandalous period in Bisbee North Dakota’s legacy. - figures.
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Rich in Washington:

That is one horrifying record cover. And the fact that that's his singing makes it doubly so.
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Mr Fab:

↳ Rich in Washington @2:02
I'd rather look at pissing Santa
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Miss Mei:

↳ Song: "Mr. Bat Siings" by "Mr. Bat"
Mr. Bat's earlier album was released on the Century label, the same one that released The Handless Organist's album!
Avatar 2:07pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Miss Mei @2:02
I wonder what he sang..."Carry That Weight"?

(Too soon?)
  2:08pm
moniker:

Ooopps - redaction: make that Bisbee Arizona !
- who knew there were so many Bisbee’s .
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Mr Fab:

↳ Miss Mei @2:07
The Handless Organist is pretty impressive. But I want to see The Headless Organist.
  2:27pm
moniker:

Mr. Bat Siings by Mr. Bat: re the clown album cover ; I see sadness there. All the greatest clowns have known sadness. I appreciate that he’s emanating from a limitless darkness.
Avatar 2:29pm
Miss Mei:

↳ moniker @2:27
Dark is right. He looks like he is holding a knife!
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Miss Mei:

↳ Song: "Christmas Magic" by "Tiny Tim"
The proceeds of this album were supposed to go to The March Of Dimes, but they refused it because Tiny appeared on The Howard Stern Show.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:33pm
postconsumer:

I know Tiny Tim, but who is this?
Avatar 2:34pm
Miss Mei:

↳ postconsumer @2:33
It's Tiny Tim of Tiptoe fame! His natural singing voice was a rich baritone.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:35pm
postconsumer:

No way? I was thinking it sounded like McGruff, the ?take a bite out of crime? dog.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:39pm
postconsumer:

Or Christopher Lloyd
Avatar Swag For Life Member 2:43pm
postconsumer:

Or Yogi Bear
Avatar 2:44pm
Miss Mei:

↳ Song: "Ayer Christmas" by "N.W. Ayer & Co"
Video: www.youtube.com...
Avatar 2:48pm
Mr Fab:

I remember on one of Tiny Tim's numerous Howard Stern appearances, he said that he couldn't hit those high notes anymore.
Avatar 2:49pm
Mr Fab:

↳ Song: "Ayer Christmas" by "N.W. Ayer & Co"
I love that I have no idea what they're singing about. No clue what the Ayer Co does.

Don't tell me, I prefer the mystery!
  2:50pm
Oleh from Pittsburgh:

Hi Mei!
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Miss Mei:

↳ Mr Fab @2:48
He could! I have audio of him from a month before his death and it's in full swing.
Avatar 2:51pm
Miss Mei:

↳ Song: "Christmas Dance (Wann Gibt's 'n Hier Geschenke, E...
"Welcome to Christmas, that thing with the eggs" - WHAT does this mean?
Avatar 2:53pm
Miss Mei:

↳ Oleh from Pittsburgh @2:50
You're just in time to do the Christmas Dance!
  2:55pm
Oleh from Pittsburgh:

Mei, am doing the funky Santa Claus as we speak
Avatar 2:57pm
Miss Mei:

↳ Song: "Santaland/ Foggy Doggy Rainy Janey Sunny Honey Sn...
This could've been a Christmas classic, but no record label picked it up. Their loss!
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 2:59pm
WR:

Hi Miss Mei and folks.
Avatar 3:00pm
Miss Mei:

Hey all! It's time to wrap it up, but I hope you've, uh.... enjoyed this?
Avatar 👻 Swag For Life Member 3:02pm
WR:

thank you, i look forward to listening from the archive. cheers.
Avatar Swag For Life Member 3:03pm
postconsumer:

Thanks!
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