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Repost: "The Black Beatles" Strawberry Flavored Malt Liquor

Since Imus is in the news I thought I'd bump up this "slightly" racist "oldie but goodie":

Al Kooper says “it’s really comedian Rob Bartlett on the Don Imus morning show in NY. Radio sure is different than when i was a kid". I remember hearing the phrase "Strawberry Flavored Malt Liquor" (from the mouth of Ron Ward) long before I actually heard this snippet.

Some (most?) people might consider this slightly (or more than slightly) racist... The Black Beatles.mp3

"Think Twice" (Version X )

Laverne Baker & Jackie Wilson sing a hilariously filthy version of "Think Twice". NSFW unless you've got headphones on.
"Think Twice" (Version X ) Laverne Baker & Jackie Wilson.mp3 

Manager's Corner

Notorious Baltimore Orioles manager Earl Weaver does a filthy outtake version of his post-game "Manager's Corner" show.
From Al Kooper Presents The Fourth Annual Kapusta Kristmas Album. Manager's Corner.mp3
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"J & H Productions" Audio Tape Dramatized

Someone made a little film to go along with the "famous" J & H Productions tape, which is the title source for my 2005 CD "Stars After Stars After Stars" via Sharpeworld
And here's the audio "J & H Productions" .mp3

"Kapusta Kristmas"

Houston Press has an article up about the Al Kooper Christmas Records, which, evidently were called "Kapusta Kristmas", along with links to available audio on the net. Link. See also Bedazzled! The Al Kooper Tapes

"For several years back in the '80s and '90s, rock and roll keyboard legend Al Kooper had a very cool yuletide custom. Kooper was (and is) an avid collector of prank calls, celebrity (and some non-celebrity) bloopers, weird songs, hilarious answering-machine messages and studio banter, and each December he would press up a few of the best of them on vinyl and send the albums to the lucky few dozen people on his Christmas list.

These were called Al Kooper's Kapusta Kristmas albums, and they now cost a fortune on eBay. Because of their limited circulation and high appeal, back in the day most people heard them on second-, third- and fourth-generation cassettes, and so most people just called them Al Kooper tapes. The Kooper tapes not only revealed the darker side of stars like Barry White, Buddy Rich, Casey Kasem and Orson Welles, they also made a few of their own, such as the bluesy and quite probably boozy preacher Prophet Omega and the whacked-out and quite possibly cracked-out music business wannabe proprietor of J&H Productions.

Not only are these tapes huge hits as tour-bus entertainment for rock and country stars, but comedy writers in Hollywood certainly had access to the Kooper tapes. The running joke in The Simpsons wherein Bart goads Moe into vitriol-spewing rage by getting him to ask for patrons like Al Coholic and such was pretty much lifted verbatim from one of these albums, and Orson Welles's ill-fated frozen peas commercial was likewise borrowed in an episode of Pinky and the Brain. And on In Living Color, David Allen Grier and Tommy Davidson's Funky Finger Productions also seemed to owe a lot of its spirit to the aforementioned J&H Productions."

"Fraternal Twins That Could Teach Liam & Noel A Thing or Two" Or "Are You Gonna To Try The Producers' Suggestion Or Are You Gonna Stalemate The Evening Like a Juvenile Buffoon?!?"

These are some "fly-on-the-wall" session recordings of Al Kooper producing a band called "St. Regis".

I found this bit of info on a message board from Al.

"Did you produce a song called 'One Good Turn Deserves Another' ? Who was the band ?"

"I did indeed (unreleased).An 80's band (now extinct) called St Regis. Fraternal twins that could teach Liam & Noel a thing or two". Al Kooper is a very patient man.
One Good Turn Deserves Another.mp3

This page has more of this type of stuff.

The Prophet Omega

Here's a taste of The Prophet Omega.
Ship Moving Company.mp3
J & B Boutique.mp3
Prophet Omega.mp3   

Martin & Lewis-The Caddy

More "Al Kooper Tapes" stuff.
Martin & Lewis-The Caddy.mp3

"There's No Sound In Flutes!"

You may or may not have heard that drummer Buddy Rich was kind of a dick. Transcripts here. Seinfeld obviously got the line "without all the assistance!" from this bit. I'm pretty sure the taper is Australian Dave Peneke.
Buddy Rich Tapes Part 1.mp3
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Al Kooper-He's My Friend

Back in the 70's Musician/Producer/A & R guy Al Kooper used to give out, as Christmas presents I think, vinyl records that he put together that contained various recorded phone calls, celebrity and non-celebrity outtakes, bad session outtakes, prank phone calls and other weird audio shit. This category will bring these lost audio gems to you. First up, Al records a phone call to a "friend" which segues into a funny bit of Kooper related Bob Dylan found audio.
Al Kooper-He's My Friend.mp3