A very rare cult recording from 1958, and possibly the greatest worst
album of all time. Beautifully remastered so now it sounds even worse.
After a vague career on the silver screen, Leona Anderson hit the
recording studio in 1958. She only went once. The results are legendary.
In fact no other album has reached such heights of brilliance and
badness at the same time. From "Indian Love Call" to "Carmen", the
yodelling, crooning and aural torture just get more incredible, more
entertaining and more unforgettable as the album rolls on. Add to the
mix such classic and unique numbers as "Rats In My Room" and "Limburger
Lover" (the greatest song about cheese ever written and performed) and
we find that the album moves effortlessly from being just another
incredibly strange album to simply the greatest, most consistently
entertaining aweful recording of all time. Anderson’s vocal (out of)
timing is sublime, the orchestra are on song, the album is brimming
with humour, darkness and more than a touch of utter madness. One listen
to "Music To Suffer By" and you won’t suffer. Instead you’ll laugh and
revel in the fact that you will not be able to stop singing it or
playing it, whether you like it or not.
A brand-new British record label, 40 years in the making, introducing fans of psychedelic / jazz / folk / funk / avant-garde and whacked-out movie musak to a lost world of undiscovered vinyl artifacts from the annals of alternative pop history.
Volume four is compiled by Gruff Rhys and features an exclusive track by S.P. Balasubramaniyam / K.S. Chitra / Ilaiyaraaja taken from forthcoming K.S. Chitra EP.