The Old Curiosity Shop
 

If you like trawling through garage sales and charity shops, then this thread may be for you. Is anyone interested in contributing to a collection of musical junk and gems from the past?

We already have a couple of "oldies" threads devoted to praising specific decades and genres, but I couldn´t find anything that embraced all types of music and was equally open to the sublime and the ridiculous.

"They don´t make ´em like that anymore!" is a real cliché, but it has the merit of being non-commital; is it praise or damnation, or somewhere between the two? Anyway, that´s the phrase that sprang to mind when I came across this clip, which I´d like to share with you to kick things off:-

I present to you, Spike Jones:

Thanks, Plankton; Spike Jones is new to me, so I really did LOL at those songs, especially when I first heard the gunshot in song #2 ! :laughing:

Here´s another comedy act from years ago:-



And something to remind us that not everything from the past is laughable:-

No problemo Lis.

Here's a favorite of mine. Funny, and WOW! at the same time:


Roy Clark - Malaguena (The Odd Couple) - YouTube

Yeah, that is some intense finger work ! Now I have to dig something up of the same calibre....later today, I hope!

How far into the past... I have unknown and hilarious pieces of music that dates back to the Middle Ages lol.

Those sound very intriguing, BD!

(Don´t think there needs to be any time limit here; just bring it on into the shop, there are plenty of empty shelves. :))

I still have this one on vinyl, sadly my brother has probably laid claim to it. We grew up listening to it:


Jan and Dean Meet Batman Part One - Comedy Routines - YouTube


Jan and Dean Meet Batman Part Two - Comedy Routines - YouTube

I love those old exotica albums from Les Baxter, Arthur Lyman and Martin Denny. After watching a film on the tiki craze which featured a piece on the creators of exotica, I've been enjoying the music even more.

Just got around to checking this out. It was a real pleasure. Nothing like an impromptu gig in front of train station.