Spike Jones and His City Slickers: Spiked! The Music of Spike Jones
Genre: Musical Mayhem	Dates: 1941-1961

Before the advent of rock and roll, Jones and his lunatic band dedicated their efforts to savaging the popular songs of the day and knocking the hot air out of classical music, much as the Marx Brothers did to popular culture on screen. Spike conducted with a starter pistol—need I say more?—and his band specialized in everything from gargling to breaking glass to honking bicycle horns to blowing whistles—and they could play "traditional instruments" with the best of their contemporaries. In terms of pure aural chaos and subversion, they were the equal of the Sex Pistols if not Little Richard, and if there were ever a band born before its time (they would have owned television), it is this one. Liner notes by Thomas Pynchon, of The Crying of Lot 49, V, and Mason-Dixon fame.

Playlist: 1. Hotcha Cornia (Black Eyes) 2. Pal-Yat-Chee 3. Serenade To A Jerk 4. Knock Knock (Who's There?) 5. Holiday For Strings 6. Laura 7. I Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight 8. Baby Buggie Boogie 9. Red Wing 10. Minka 11. Deep Purple 12. Man On The Flying Trapeze, The 13. I Dream Of Brownie With The Light Blue Jeans 14. Our Hour (The Puppy Love Song) 15. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You 16. Powerhouse - (previously unreleased) 17. Frantic Freeway - (previously unreleased) 18. Nutcracker Suite 19. Little Girl's Dream, The (Part 1) / Miniature Overture / March 20. Land Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (Part 2) / Lemon Drop Waltz / Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy 21. Chinese Dolls/The Fairy Ball (Part 3) / Chinese Dance / Dance Of The Flutes 22. Mysterious Room, The (Part 4) / Forbidden Room, The / Arab Dance 23. Back To The Fairy Ball (Part 5) / They Dance On The Seat Of Their Pants / Russian Dance / Waltz Of The Flowers 24. End Of The Little Girl's Dream (Part 6) / Granny Speaks / Goodnight, Sleep Tight

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