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Uh-oh! Mrs. Myra Nussbaum's rack has been interfered with! Thoughtless bums fingering her goods have misplaced albums in the bargain section! D'oh!
Can you help Myra identify the misplaced albums, subscribers? Some have even been filed the wrong way up! How many can you spot? Why not invite the gang to an album spotting party in your den! Or gather the family around the home computer for a wholesome evening's entertainment! If you're a shut-in with tubes up your nose and ass, ask your carer to solve the furshlugginer puzzle for you! Or perhaps you're on Death Row? Your guard will be pleased to hear the gales of laughter coming from your cell! Maybe you've just been in a terrible freeway pile-up and you're trying to use your blood-smeared phone as your life slips away! Don't waste your time dialling 911 - cheer yourself up with this week's FoamKwiz™!
THESE ARE THE RULES - THE RULES ARE THESE: The rules have changed! Please read the comments right through! Thank you for your participation in what is probably the most mildly amusing album-related puzzle competition featuring an elderly dame in a bikini on the internet right now! At least this bit of it!
Read the rules. The rules are in the screed. The screed is above the comments, under the pitcher.
ReplyDeleteTalk about, "blink and you'll miss it"...
ReplyDeleteGet your reading glasses, Grannie, and concentrate on the HELP YOURSELF section first (although you should get the obvious one in PLEASE MAKE IT STOP).
DeleteI know two for sure. Having difficulty concentrating, due to Tich Naht Hanh's transition to his next life.
DeleteAnd so it goes...
when bell went, he decided to go with her...
DeleteI think I recognize 2 of them, they're...oW! Don't slap me!
ReplyDeleteUnless somebody does better - unlikely - I think Konrad wins!
DeleteBugger it, some of em look quite like elpees wot I know and yet not quite like em, so I might know 4 or I might know none.
ReplyDeleteThink I better sleep onit init.
At least four so far
ReplyDeleteRevived Hope
DeleteI'm claiming five now
DeleteHowdy Pardner,
ReplyDeleteBit chilly tonight here at the ol' homestead so I figure while the Miss' and I are inside enjoying another round of Doc Bradshaw's smooth n' very rare whisky, I'd check in and see how you city folks are doing. And what do see - another brain teaser. I can say with absolute certainty I can name four of those dancin' whack ah' mole LP's. One of those records was what featured at a freak in here at the ranch a good while back and let's just say, for the uninitiated fellow traveler - it had him weeping like a baby by the time side two was over. Good thing I didn't play (redacted) next...might have had to have him talked off the roof.
As ever,
Billy Gates of the Double X Ranch.
I hope we find out which album featured at the freak-in.
DeleteI have 5 so far.
ReplyDeleteI'm confident that when Babs finds her reading glasses she'll get at least five.
ReplyDeleteOh yes - the prize! This week's Grand Premium Rollover Bonus Jackpot is this luxury non-slip "Souvenir of Niagara Falls" bath mat! Mold should rinse right off.
ReplyDeleteFour defo, maybe a fifth.
ReplyDeletebtw in the weird shit section The Faith Tones - Jesus Use Me has got to be the best album cover ever. Ever.
Someone said it's (from left to right) David Mitchell, Eddie Izard, and Stepehen Fry in drag ... unsee THAT.
Delete"The Blind Organist*" cover is a good one. What's even better is that she plays organ far more proficiently than she sings.
Delete*Not "onanist" you dirty buggers!
Not blind...HANDLESS!
DeleteIt's one of those days.
Okay, I'm time-zoned once again, as I'm heading off to work, but right off the bat the one in please make it stop that has been carelessly racked upside down. So that's one in the can...
ReplyDeleteI recognized the same one draftervoi did, and keyed into the one behind it. Two's a career high for me in this game.
DeleteYeah, I had the same thought on the one behind it, but didn't have time to check it. I think you're right, but rulez is rulez, and you got it foist.
DeletePlus, it's upside-doodly-down, too, innit?
DeleteI think we need to recap here: at this stage nobody's named nuthin' (quite correctly), and nobody's winnin' nuthin' neither. However, at least three of th' 4/5g© are claiming five hits, so we're having a race-style run from #1 to #9 - see later in the comments - to determine the winnah.
DeleteI'm stuck at claiming two, and one of 'em is after Jonder got it, so I'm really at one.
DeleteI thought we weren't sposed to name nuthin. I ain't never won nuthin nohow in this dang ol' game. I hereby award drafterboi a ban of keys.
Deletei know3, think i know one more, and recognize 2 other pictures i can't associate with any band ieverwould have liked, sort of like some cousins that might have shown up once, befoe daddy threw them out.
ReplyDelete5 for me, it might be 6 but only if it is some sort of dodgy bootleg version where the sleeve is amost there but not quite. Unlikely, so 5 it is.
ReplyDeleteOkayyy - left to right, front to back - anyone get album #1?
ReplyDeleteName it if you did!
#1 is Terry Riley In C
DeleteI got 5 others
I can only see 9
ReplyDelete#1 is the one that I thought might be Six Wives of Henry VIII but not quite
Is it your #1 that's missing? I can just make out a redline, but I think it needs a shot of viagra.
DeleteEh? Red line? They're all "missing" so far. #1 is the tan-colored sleeve just behind Jesus Use Me in the LH crate. Let's try for that.
DeleteI can see two in the first 3 racks and 3 in the last one (Please Make it Stop). Do I need new specs to find the 10th one, which you mentioned, but I blinked and your comment had gone ?
DeleteSo if #1 is the tan one with lines on like sheet music then I think it is very similar to 6 wives but not quite.
Does any of that make sense, or is it way past my bedtime?
I got six
ReplyDelete#1 is Terry Riley's In C (and what a blindingly great thing that is), and Withered Hope is in a clear lead as we come around the curve into the straight.
ReplyDelete#2? (the one behind #1) First one to name it gets a point.
NB Somebody put gum on the tenth album so it doesn't pop up.
Shawn Phillips Contribution
DeleteWithered Hope's lead increasing on the back straight. Favorite Babs seems out of the race - has she been nobbled?
Delete#1 In C #2 Contribution
#3? (front of 50c crate)
We're probably going to take a break now until somebody identifies #3 ...
ReplyDeleteThat's the one I figured everyone EXCEPT for me had
DeleteMay I reserve #s 4, 6, 7, and 8?
DeleteNo, you may not! We'll wait until someone (including you, possibly,) gets #3, and then we'll move on. If nobody gets it after a day or so, I'll tell youse bums what it is, and a point to me.
DeleteHINT: Left hand edge.
I got five.
ReplyDeleteNone in the left row, apart from Terry Riley in C, which I can "C" now.
I thought it might have been Faust IV, but it didn't look quite right.
The other one looks familiar, but I can't quite place it. Ash Ra Tempel? Dr John? Dang! I give up
Second row from the left I got one. The other is a complete mystery.
Third row, I got one. The other looks very familiar, but again, can't quite place it. I thought it might be Jr Walker or Albert Ayler. But I figgered Ayler was too obscure so it had to be Coltrane. But it's none of those as far as I can tell.
The row on the right is dead easy. I got all three, I'm fairly sure.
You'll have to hang fire for a while, Marc. We want #3 only at this point, and it's looking like the point is mine. So yay me.
DeleteBoz Scaggs Silk Degrees?
DeleteAn answer whose imagination is only matched by its incorrectness!
DeleteIt does remind me of Silk Degrees, or Ramones Leave Home.
DeleteRight. I'm claiming a point here. It's Tome Paxton's "Six." So I am in second place behind Withered Hope as we go into the curve.
ReplyDeleteWhat's #4? The one immediately behind Tom Paxton? First to answer correctly grabs the point!
Some girls rolling stones
ReplyDeleteYes! So I'm neck and neck with th' Nobster as we come into the straight. Withered Hop still ahead by a length. Rest of the field ambling about and chatting.
Delete#5? I tink dis will have most of youse scratchin' yez noggins - th' albums in this crate wus chosen with Babs in mind.
Ah, I'm looking at my copy of that LP and going...."Uh....wha? That's not right at all..." and then the Intertoobs informs me that there are "15 known varients". Mine does not have the magenta color stripe on the top or bottom.
DeleteYeah that almost did for me as well - the bottom stripe on mine is yellow
DeleteDamn. Beat me to it
ReplyDeleteTry for #5, Steve.
DeleteLady Soul - Aretha?
DeleteEasy pease?
ReplyDeleteAretha Franklyn : Lady Soul?
Ay-yi-yi beaten again!
DeleteLast box has all my aces!
ReplyDeleteAh but do you know the next one? It took some hard sleuthing for me to track it down. Fingers on buzzers...
ReplyDeleteYou got this - I got zip.
DeleteYes, it's Urethra Franklin! The judges have conferred, and decided to award a point each to Steve Shark and th' Nobster.
ReplyDeleteReady? Number Six?
I can see a musical instrument, but otherwise I have no idea.
DeleteWith my very rudimentary knowledge of sax players I reckon I tracked it down by a process of elimination to -
ReplyDeleteSonny Rollins : Whats New ?
Sonny Rollins it is! Th' Nobster moves up alongside Withered Hope as we enter the final straight! I am literally blacking out with excitement here!
DeleteWe're going to take a break here for me to take some recreational drugs and enjoy a traditional lapdance by a traditional Lapp. Also give th' other 4/5g© a chance for the Big Prize!
No more answers until I get back! Cheaters will be disqualified!
Box the last has a sleeve that could be from several albums...that all used the same "inspiration".
ReplyDeleteFront of last box...I'm poised like an Arab thoroughbred!
ReplyDeleteWait for it ....
DeleteOoh, you've got me worried there, Steve. I've only got 2 of 'em but I do have a nagging doubt about one. Have I got the right one? The suspense is killing me.
Delete2 I definitely have...the third could be so many albums, none of which seem likely, with that particular colour temperature.
DeleteOr has Farq been very cunning with it?
DeleteColours are confusing - I was almost thrown on Some Girls cos my copy has Yellow not Pink as the bottom edge.
DeleteI reckon Farq's bowled us a googly with box #3 and disc #3.
DeleteIts no 2 I have my doubts over cos it looks too obvious, thats where my nagging thought is.
DeleteNo 3 - no idea, but it reminds me of a Heath Robinson drawing. I've got a book of his illustrations somewhere but I can't lay me hands on it.
Damnit, I was sure I had all 3 of the last box, but SteveSharks comments made me double check. I only have two now, so no chance of winning the luxury non-slip "Souvenir of Niagara Falls" bath mat! FFS.
DeleteIt's been fun though.
Now unsure about #3. I know from whence the graphics came, but now I'm not sure about the album. Damn. I now have just 2 from box #4.
DeleteWell at least you know what the graphic is, I thought originally it was a terraced street with chimney sweep brushes sticking out of the chimney pots. I now think it's a seascape with a church at the back and smoke rising from the shore. Am I warm?
DeleteNot even tepid, if it's what I think it is. I can't think what to say without giving the game away. Farq wouldn't like it!
DeleteI know...it's recycled.
DeleteOh bugger, we'll just have to wait for his nibs.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, how did you get on with Music Bee?
I like it, although it's annoying in one major way. It doesn't like compilations - sorts them out into the artists.
DeleteNo, its brilliant for compilations, put the artists name in as the artist and then "Various Artists" or something similar in as the Album Artist. I do this all the time. I did it with your Listy McListface for instance.
DeleteHa ha, if you downloaded my Got a Little List, I've just noticed that I forgot to put in the Various Artists bit.
DeleteDo as I say not do as I do!
Antisi........pation! I'm going to make my dinner and come back later.
ReplyDeleteDinner? I've just finished breakfast.
ReplyDeleteVisit The Isle of Foam, the home of all day breakfasts, or dinners, ya pays ya money (or not) ya makes ya choice.
DeleteOkay, I'm on my sleep break - where were we? Number Seven?
ReplyDeleteFront album last box on right?
Can of bees - soft boys
ReplyDeleteOutsider favorite Withered Hope regains the lead by a nose coming up to the wire!
ReplyDelete#8 (the album which appears directly after Can Of Bees)?
Songs in the key of life - Stevie wonder
ReplyDeleteAnd Little Stevie Wonder makes Withered Hope a shoe-in for first place at the wire with the last album - #9????
ReplyDeleteDamn, missed the last two, had my nosebag on, final one not a scooby, better wait for SteveShark
ReplyDeleteI thought Farq had been tricksy and put in the back cover of Black Sabbath's Greatest Hits, but I don't think it's that. Had the other two right.
DeleteIt uses the same painting.
DeleteI'm literally almost awake with excitement here, but unfortunately I have to go sit in the lobby and wait for th' limo of sleep ... catch youse bums later for th' final results!
ReplyDeleteHowdy pardner.
ReplyDeleteThat El Pee that keeps peeking up in the last rack would be Pearls Before Swines' "Balaclava" (1968). Like I said - had that city feller weeping and curled up on the floor.
As ever,
Billy Gates of the Double X Ranch.
Yup. You're right.
Deletein.awe.
ReplyDeleteThose results in full: in first place, and winner of the coveted Non-Slip Niagara Falls Souvenir Bath Mat, is frisky newcomer Withered Hope! Withered Hope operates the Clam Slam© concession on Pismo Beach and hopes one day to get Dorothy Lamour's autograph!
ReplyDeleteSharing second place, the sturdy percherons Steve Shark and th' Nobster, and coming in behind (the way they like it), are reliable mules Billy Gates and Yours Truly, with one point each! But remember - it's not the taking part and doing your best that matters, it's the winning! And we've seen a bunch of losers today!
As a longtime reader / firsttime poster I am honored to have even been allowed to participate.
DeleteI have a request for our host, however:
In lieu of the mat, which I am unable to pick up due to current local restrictions, could I instead request a repost of that album with Jessica Harper where they sing about psychedelics but changed the title to color? I’m currently seeking Ms. Harper’s autograph as well.
You're a worthy winner and Four Or Five Guy©! Unfortunately the bath mat is already being drone-delivered to your shack on Pismo Beach, so expect it to be dropped down your tin chimney soon!
ReplyDeleteI'll reloadup the album in the comments to the Goggles piece:
https://falsememoryfoam.blogspot.com/2020/06/psychedelia-for-kids-dept.html
That’s the one. Thank you for being a friend!
DeleteI'd come very late but i'd almost sure that 3 & 4 was NORTHSIDE and STONES some girls
ReplyDeleteDamn! I had the Stones, Aretha, Soft Boys, Stevie and Balaclava, but fell asleep with the pace things were going... and then forgot to come back here when I woke up.
ReplyDeleteYou get a prize anyway, Marc, for limping past the post when the crowds have all gone home. This luxury knock-off Doraemon™ Official Merchandise soap dish (pre-owned) only needs a little soaking in antibiotic fluid to become a treasured heirloom collectors' piece you'll be proud to display!
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