Incredibly Strange Music, Vol. 2

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: 1995
• Type: Collection (various artists)
• Genre: Easy Listening

Review

The second CD tied in with Re/Search's Incredibly Strange Music books (two volumes of interviews with collectors and creators of odd records) suffers from the same problem as Incredibly Strange Music, Vol. 1: compared to most of what's covered in the books, this CD is not really all that incredibly strange. On the other hand, there's some excellent stuff here, like a track from Del Close and John Brent's How to Speak Hip (reportedly Brian Wilson's favorite album while he was making Pet Sounds), prose poems by Ken Nordine, a version of the Box Tops' soulful hit "The Letter" as interpreted by the Nirvana Sitar and Strings Group, terrific tracks by noted weirdos Lucia Pamela and Eden Ahbez, and an appearance by everyone's favorite gospel-singing puppet, Marcy. Only devoted fringe-music fans will want to play this regularly, but everyone should hear it at least once. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Skokian		Hot Butter	(2:14)
The Mummy		Bob McFadden	(2:01)
The Letter (Lyrics)	Wayne Carson Thompson		(1:51)
Walking on the Moon	Lucia Pamela	Lucia Pamela	(3:07)
Flesh	Ken Nordine, Dick Campbell	Ken Nordine	(1:32)
Chopsticks Guitar	Billy Mure	Billy Mure	(2:28)
Lover's Prayer	Don Ho	Myrtle K. Hilo	(2:37)
Delicado	Waldir Azevedo	Russell Garcia	(3:28)
Introduction	John Brent, Del Close	John Brent, Del Close	(1:15)
Gossipo Peretuo	Jean-Jacques Perrey	Jean-Jacques Perrey	(2:08)
Green	Ken Nordine, Dick Campbell	Ken Nordine	(1:32)
Full Moon	Eden Ahbez	Eden Ahbez	(2:55)
Bumble Bee Bolero		Harry Breuer	(2:11)
Join the Gospel Express			(1:27)
Terror	Les Baxter	Les Baxter	(3:17)
Yellow	Ken Nordine, Dick Campbell	Ken Nordine	(1:32)
1st Song/Opening Monologue	Rusty Warren	Rusty Warren	(3:02)

Credits

Harry Breuer (Performer), Les Baxter (Performer), Del Close (Performer), Eden Ahbez (Performer), Rusty Warren (Performer), Ken Nordine (Performer), Myrtle K. Hilo (Performer), Nancy Brennan (Design), Russell Garcia (Performer), Lucia Pamela (Performer), Billy Mure (Performer), John Brent (Performer), Hot Butter (Performer), Bob McFadden (Performer)