BACK BEAT: Still Breathing

More heavy breathers for your mixes... with a shout-out to Portland, Oregon's 99 Cent Records* where I got my mitts on the most absurd of these and more...


Tombstone Blues (MP3)
by Bob Freedman & Orchestra (1963)

(That's an actual g-string tied to the cover. There's no illustrations or anything underneath it. Some editions advertise it as a "bonus.")


L.S.D. (Librai, Solidi, Denarii) (MP3)
by the Duke of Burlington (1970)

(The above and below titles seem to imply their ecstatic moaning is due to hallucinogens, but...)


Vacilando Con Ayahuesca (MP3)
by Juaneco y Su Combo (1970)


Fluid (MP3)
by Twink (1970)


Erotica (MP3)
by Aguaturbia (1970)


Scented Wind (MP3)
by Fred Miller (1972)

(When I bought mine, it was kindly wrapped for me in wax-lined deli paper to protect it from the rain, which lent a deliciously illicit brown bag feel to the experience, so I kept the wrapping and now that's how I lend my heavy breathers to friends.)




Jungle Fever (MP3)
by Afrosound (1972)


La La La (MP3)
by El Chicles (1974)

(I've read that these are the same studio musicians also known as Chakachas whose "Jungle Fever" the Afrosound covers above.)


Touch Me (MP3)
by Sara Montiel (1975)


Femmes (Part 1 & 2) (MP3)
by Nathalie et Christine con Les Vibrations (1975)


Do You Wanna Get Funky with Me? (MP3)
by Peter Brown (1977)


No No No (2) (MP3)
by Paolo Ormi


Sexy Eiffel Tower (MP3)
by Bow Wow Wow (1980)

(Keep in mind that Annabella Lwin was only 14 years old at the time of this song and this photo. I was 12, horny, and into pirates -- the perfect target. You win again, Mr. McLaren.)


Broken Hearts (MP3)
by Cash Makers Orchestra


*99 Cent's new but not in the new record store guide (which is out now and does have a few additions like Hall of Records and the Record Room, both blending booze & bins, also my fave feature of the Night Owl Record Show -- drinkin', diggin' and deejays). Naturally, Little E and I were fond of last year's guide because of the father & son hayseeds on the cover.