Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands 11

You could win this great comp when you pledge to WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban today!!

Mr. Gasser And The Weirdos

Thanks to our pals over at Sundazed Records for donating these limited edition "Black Friday" LPs to WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban fundraising marathon!  Rods n' Ratfinks & Surfink!

Sharkskin Louis Jordan

"Giving the impression of an unwanted backstage "John," bubble-eyed bandleader Louis Jordan is about to be expelled by resolute dancing twins, Joyce and Jean Spencer, as trio hams it up between performances at the Tivoli Theater in Chicago."  Jet magazine, 1959.

Ray Price & Wanda Jackson

This remarkable photo of Ray Price and Wanda Jackson comes to us from the Nudie Cohn Facebook page.  Thanks for sharing.

Mother's Worry

You could win a sealed "Mother's Worry" model kit from 1996, if you pledge $15 or more to WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban fundraising marathon before Sunday!

Weird-Ohs On Wheels!

Thanks to J.R. Williams for donating this collection of Motor Monsters to WFMU's Rock 'n' Soul Ichiban fundraising marathon!  You could win it if you pledge $15 or more before this Sunday's show.  Preview some tracks here.

Rockabilly Rebel

Thanks to the fine folks at Sunbury Press for donating this prize to Ichiban!  You could win it, if you pledge today.  You can also order signed copies from their website!

Ichiban One-Liners Volume 4

You can help keep us streaming 24 hours a day when you make a pledge to WFMU!  $75 gets you this CD with artwork by Takeshi Tadatsu.

Elijah & the Ebonites - Hot Grits (Girls Raised In The South)

Two Hour Excursion To Nowhere

Pledge your support for the old noise, win fabulous prizes!!  1-3 PM.

Big Daddy Roth Month: The Orbitron-- Lost and Found!

Note the tricolor headlight array, mimicking the dot pattern on a color television screen. 

   The Orbitron was always a favorite of mine among Big Daddy's cars, but I'm apparently in the minority. There was never a model kit, slot car, or Hot Wheel, either in 1965 or since, and unlike the Outlaw and the Mysterion, it didn't even get its own Car Craft cover, as you can see.

Only approximately 1/12 of the cover? An insult!

 It had a short life on the car show circuit, and Ed sold it to Darryl Starbird in 1967 for $750. He sold it it to someone in Texas shortly thereafter, and it was lost to history for decades (one story holds that around 1973 it was in the hands of a teen-ager who actually drove it to school!). In recent years, it was tracked down in Ciudad Juarez, and it's since been restored to its original glory. Read the story here, and for more photos, click here.

This fellow is no relation, but he's also cool. Learn more about him here.

Total Destruction To Your Mind

Thanks to David Marchese for sending us this great interview he did for Spin Magazine!

Check it out here.

Mr. Gasser & The Weirdos

Hot Rod Hootenany was released in 1963 with cover art by Big Daddy aka Mr. Gasser.  Musicians included Ichiban All-Stars Gary Usher, Glen Campbell, Jerry Cole and Darlene Love, just to name a few!  Long out of print, the geniuses over at Sundazed Records reissued a limited edition run for Black Friday.