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Amazon Oddities and Weirdness: The Music and Sounds
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Echoes of Nature: Frog ChorusEchoes of Nature: Frog Chorus by Various Artists
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $1.55
I love this disk, frog sounds. But it is weird to own it.
Fallschirmjager & Flieger MarchesFallschirmjager & Flieger Marches by Original Third Reich Nazi Recordings
Buy new: $19.99 / Used from: $42.02
There's a growing series of original music from the Third Reich. Yeah, somewhere, in their parents' basement acned white power kids are grooving to Flieger Marches. Now if that isn't a revolting vision...
The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers StationsThe Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations by Various Artists
This is the brilliant set of recordings of some of the shortwave number station broadcasts. If you don't know, a numbers station is a radio broadcast of just someone reading numbers. They have an interesting history with spies and all, do look it up.
Baby's First White Noise: White Noise CD for BabiesBaby's First White Noise: White Noise CD for Babies by Pure White Noise®
Buy used from: $65.28
Baby's first white noise CD!
Calming Electric Fan: Fan Sound CDCalming Electric Fan: Fan Sound CD by Pure White Noise®
Buy used from: $65.28
The same folks have the electric fan recording! Great stuff.
Soothing Air Conditioner: Air Conditioner Sleep Sound CDSoothing Air Conditioner: Air Conditioner Sleep Sound CD by Pure White Noise®
And if that wasn't cool enough, there's the air conditioner one.
Beyond Reinforced Jewel CaseBeyond Reinforced Jewel Case by Barr
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $0.01
Okay, this is actually music, but is beautifully packaged in a self-referential way.
Listen Compute Rock HomeListen Compute Rock Home by Bruce Haack
Buy used from: $7.34
Seriously creepy 1960s technopop for children. Huh?
The Glory (????) of the Human VoiceThe Glory (????) of the Human Voice by Florence Foster Jenkins
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $6.45
The greatest of the bad opera singers. A legend in her own time. I suspect that everyone who comes to this disk does so from Songs in the Key of Z or the like. I have a hard time imagining the enthusiastic fans in her day.
Spaced Out: The Best of Leonard Nimoy and William ShatnerSpaced Out: The Best of Leonard Nimoy and William Shatner by Leonard Nimoy
Buy new: $10.98 / Used from: $6.56
Should never have been recorded.
The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook (and Financial Planner)The Sweet Potato Queens' Big-Ass Cookbook (and Financial Planner) by Jill Conner Browne
Buy used from: $81.39
An audiobook version?
Canvas Print, Speculum - 24 x 36Canvas Print, Speculum - 24 x 36
Buy new: $194.95
The music is you being slapped as an idiot if you bought this poster and hung it in the living room.
Mozart Edition: Complete Works (170 CD Box Set)Mozart Edition: Complete Works (170 CD Box Set)
Buy new: $140.99 / Used from: $127.99
It's 170 CDs. Are you really going to listen to all of them? A good price though...
John Cage's 4'33"John Cage's 4'33"
Buy new: $8.91
Digital downloads of John Cage's 4'33".
Holidays in KosovoHolidays in Kosovo by The Playground Collective
The one and only!
5'7" Player Grand Piano (Ebony Polish)5'7" Player Grand Piano (Ebony Polish)
Buy new: $14,395.00
A player piano? Yep, I'd go right to amazon to buy one.
WHIP DRIVING GIG 4'5"WHIP DRIVING GIG 4'5"
Buy new: $16.30
Yep, you can get your buggy whip here as well. Think of the sound it'll make.
Conair SU1W Sound Therapy, SilverConair SU1W Sound Therapy, Silver
Buy new: $43.95
Ten different sounds! And what the heck is sound therapy anyhow?
Wholesale Lot: 1000 Assorted Music CD Sampler PackWholesale Lot: 1000 Assorted Music CD Sampler Pack by MoonlightSales.com
How about a 1000 CDs that failed to sell? You could make an art project I suppose. Or something...
Karaoke Super Starter Set - Over 1000 Songs on 66 CD+G Discs - Sweet Georgia Brown MusicKaraoke Super Starter Set - Over 1000 Songs on 66 CD+G Discs - Sweet Georgia Brown Music
Speaking of 1000...1000 songs for a CD+G karaoke machine. And if you want to see folks who have too much time on their hands, check out the top review in which the reviewer types in all of the song titles and bands. Ouch!
SpookydisharmoniousconflicthellrideSpookydisharmoniousconflicthellride by The Wesley Willis Fiasco
Buy used from: $7.48
Good old Wesley Willis. When I was in Chicago I'd go see him perform. A shiny new keyboard and a microphone for the big homeless crazy guy. You pressed record and hilarity ensued. I don't know who got what out of the whole mess, but Wesley died and the recordings are still being sold. Where did the money go? Rock and Roll McDonalds!
19301930 by Merzbow
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $12.67
Okay, one disk of Japanese Noise and that's all. Merzbow is a required experience for the discriminating music lover.
British Oi! Working Class AnthemsBritish Oi! Working Class Anthems by Various Artists
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $14.00
Speaking of discriminating. Oi indeed.
Dirty WorkDirty Work by The Rolling Stones
Buy used from: $2.34
Okay, how about worst album cover? The Stones selling their souls to Miami Vice?
Ubu Dance Party: A Tribute to Pere UbuUbu Dance Party: A Tribute to Pere Ubu by Various Artists
Buy used from: $4.18
Huh?
Songs for Swinging LarvaeSongs for Swinging Larvae by Renaldo & the Loaf
Buy used from: $28.99
A classic, and completely bizarre. Okay, maybe we're in content now...
In a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice GuyIn a Metal Mood: No More Mr. Nice Guy by Pat Boone
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.95
Okay, stupid concept, hideous execution. Take a close look at the album cover.
Re-CoversRe-Covers by Yat-Kha
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $4.85
No good reason. Albert Kuvezin singing "Love Will Tear Us Apart" is for the ages. But it's on youtube.
Earplug use should be urged in all concertgoers to prevent hearing loss.(Clinical Rounds): An article from: Family Practice NewsEarplug use should be urged in all concertgoers to prevent hearing loss.(Clinical Rounds): An article from: Family Practice News by Patrice Wendling
Buy new: $5.95
Milwaukee 49-17-3100 Bulk Box of 200 Disposable Earplugs, NRR 29 dbMilwaukee 49-17-3100 Bulk Box of 200 Disposable Earplugs, NRR 29 db
Buy new: $15.99
Escape from noise!