Popcorn [Import]

Product Description
UK remastered reissue of two early 70's albums from the moog pioneers, 'Hot Butter' and 'More Hot Butter'. Includes the huge 1972 novelty hit 'Popcorn'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

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Average customer rating: Excellent Instrumental music from the 70s

Popcorn Hot Butter Manufacturer: Musicor ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best Of Walter Murphy: A Fifth Of Beethoven Joy: Best of Apollo 100 The Out Sound from Way In! The Complete Vanguard Recordings Very Best of Hard to Find Orchestral Instrumentals II ASIN: B0009VJWS6 Release Date: 2005-08-01

Tracks:

1. Popcorn
2. Day by Day
3. Apache
4. At the Movies
5. Tristana
6. Song Sung Blue
7. Telstar
8. Tomatoes
9. Amazing Grace
10. Love at First Sight
11. Song of the Nairobi Trio
12. Silent Screen (Hot Butter)
13. Mah-Na-Mah-Na
14. Masterpiece
15. Percolator
16. Skokiaan
17. Slag Solution
18. Sounds
19. Space Walk
20. Syncopated Clock
21. Tequila
22. Wheels

Album Description

UK remastered reissue of two early 70's albums from the moog pioneers, 'Hot Butter' and 'More Hot Butter'. Includes thehuge 1972 novelty hit 'Popcorn'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Reissue of the Band that Produced One of the Biggest Novelty Hits of 1972, 'popcorn', an Instantly Memorable, Addictive Synthesiser Instrumental, a Product of an Essentially Faceless Studio Session Crew. However, the Story of 'hot Butter' Goes Back to the Work of Synthesiser Experimentalist Gershon Kingsley, which Goes to Show that Even the Slightest Piece of Pop Fluff Often Comes with an Interesting Piece of History Attached!

Customer Reviews:

Excellent Instrumental music from the 70s.......2007-01-21

The Popcorn song sounded Fantastic just as when I was a kid hearing it on the 8 track tape Excellent Quality I would Recommend Hot Butter CD to anyone!!!!

Average customer rating: Pop Corn But Not Corny Pop Who's Brave Enough To Declare "THIS IS GREAT!" ? Look for the vinyl instead... A modern classic Popcorn[Import] Hot Butter

Popcorn Hot Butter Manufacturer: Musicor ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music East Coast | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Gangsta & Hardcore | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music Pop Rap | Rap & Hip-Hop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Out Sound from Way In! The Complete Vanguard Recordings Moog Eclektronics Moog Theremin - An Electronic Odyssey ASIN: B00004TS8M Release Date: 2000-11-21

Tracks:

1. Popcorn
2. Day by Day
3. Apache
4. At the Movies
5. Tristana
6. Song Sung Blue
7. Telstar
8. Tomatoes
9. Amazing Grace
10. Love at First Sight
11. Song of the Nairobi Trio
12. Silent Screen (Hot Butter)
13. Mah-Na-Mah-Na
14. Masterpiece
15. Percolator
16. Skokiaan
17. Slag Solution
18. Sounds
19. Space Walk
20. Syncopated Clock
21. Tequila
22. Wheels

Album Description

UK remastered reissue of two early 70's albums from the moog pioneers, 'Hot Butter' and 'More Hot Butter'. Includes the huge 1972 novelty hit 'Popcorn'. 2000 release. Standard jewel case.

Customer Reviews:

Pop Corn But Not Corny Pop.......2005-02-09

This is a really goofy & fun disc that actually is more musically
realized than the hit "Popcorn" would lead you to believe. There
is some dross mixed up amongst the gems here to be sure.For the
time period this was recorded in (the 1970's)several of the more
xperimental tracks hold their own nicely sounding contemporary
and not at all unlike many synth pop recordings from today.
Overall it is minimalistic pop music with a lot of great hooks
(once you hear "Popcorn" you'll be humming it all day long) and a
pleasant diversion from guitar driven pop/rock that dominates 90%
of 70's music.Hot Butter(actually one man Stan Free)does several
tunes that became standards of many Surf/Instro bands such as
the song "Apache and The Chantays oft recorded "Pipeline". In an
interesting turnabout 90's Surf revivalists "The Phantom Surfers"
do a guitar version of "Popcorn" that rocks like a son of a gun.
Recommended for all Synth/Moog fanatics,instrumental fans and all
of you who gig catchy & endearingly cheesy pop music in general.

Who's Brave Enough To Declare "THIS IS GREAT!" ?.......2004-01-11

No apologies! I bought this this CD solely for the song "Popcorn" after I could not find the tune contained on any palatable "One Hit Wonders" compilation. If I were to go the compilation route, I would have to be ear-to-ear with track-after-track of every nightmare from "Afternoon Delight" to "Run Johnny Run."

So I thought, I'll chance a CD packed with covers of songs on The Moog Synthesizer. It couldn't be any worse than 1970s hits that climbed out of the LP garbage bins and onto CDs to haunt us well into the 21st Century. At the worst, "Hot Butter" could be packed with hysterical campy tunes to play at a party filled with bored or inebriated guests.

Boy, did I underestimate this CD! I loved "Popcorn" every bit as I remember, but I cringe a bit when I say I LOVED Stan Free's Moog Synthesizer renditions of songs too! The Moog Synthesizer gives a 1960s robotic Sci-Fi aura to tunes like "Apache," (instead of a surf atmosphere, the high pitch cry of the techno-keyboard makes you picture The Apache Warrior buzzing in orbit with Alan Shepherd and Mr. Spock) "The Silent Screen," (again, picture computerized music playing while Keaton & Keystones cops wear bubble helmets on their heads as they peruse the stars) and especially "Love At First Sight;" The Moog rendition of Serge Gainsbourg's silly hit song (though I think he intended it to be serious) actually sounds like space-age romance without a hint of camp!

Unfortunately for us, Stan Free's only hit as the one-man-band "Hot Butter" was "Popcorn," and he ceased putting out music shortly thereafter. He was still gainfully employed as a back up musician for everyone from John Denver to Arlo Guthrie to The Boston Pops. He passed away in 1995. If he's up there listening to the earthly sounds of keyboards, be they Moog, Grand Piano, or Harpsechord, I hope he will pause to read these words: Stan Free, you left this world a more enjoyable--- and pleasantly sillier--- place.

I enjoy this CD immensely. Campy at times, outright enjoyable at others. I highly recommend you add "Hot Butter" to your collection.

Look for the vinyl instead..........2002-05-13

Most of these modern Moog collections seem to be going for the "Gosh-golly-gee-I-remember-this" factor. They pick the shortest and cheesiest songs, ignoring some of the (imho) better and more creative stuff. I'm not sure what the reason, but in any case I would recommend you find an inexpensive record player, and think about buying these songs on second-hand vinyl (try Ebay) instead if you like the sound of the Moog. Despite the clicks and pops, you'll get a much better representation of what some of these artists did with analog synthesizers, rather than some record company producer's picks. The 'cheese factor' is just too strong on these CD compilations.

A modern classic.......2002-04-22

I owned "Popcorn" on vinyl when it was first released. This CD nearly caused a flashback. Listening is bound to bring back memories of flowers, polyester, and long sideburns. Back in the good ol'days, when a synthesizer looked like an old-fashioned telephone switchboard, this music was breaking new ground and laying the foundation for today's electonically-generated sound.

Popcorn[Import] Hot Butter.......2002-02-24

I enjoyed this song when I was young. It brings back good memories. If you never heard it, please do.

Average customer rating:

The Popcorn James Brown Manufacturer: King ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000QUCYAS Release Date: 2007-07-23

Tracks:

1. Popcorn
2. Why Am I Treated So Bad
3. In The Middle(Part1)-In The Middle(Part2)
4. Soul Pride(Part1)-Soul Pride(Part2)
5. New Shift
6. Sudsy
7. Chicken
8. Chase

Album Description

Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007.

Album Details

Japanese Limited Edition Issue of the Album Classic in a Deluxe, Miniaturized LP Sleeve Replica of the Original Vinyl Album Artwork.

Average customer rating:

Popcorn, Pt. 1 Crazy Frog Manufacturer: Gusto ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Dance & DJ | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Crazy Frog Presents Crazy Hits Axel F, Pt. 1 We Are the Champions Jingle Bells/Can't Touch This More Crazy Hits ASIN: B000AD1QS2 Release Date: 2005-08-22

Tracks:

1. Radio Mix
2. Radio Mix Instrumental
3. Potatoheadz Mix
4. Radikal Mix
5. Resource Mix
6. Video

Album Description

Hot on the heels of the No.1 single `Axel F', being the biggest non-charity single for three years, comes the Crazy Frog `s unique version of Hot Butter's international monster-hit, `Popcorn', which reached No.5 here in 1972. Title track is backed by four mixes including the Radio Mix Instrumental, Potatoheadz Mix, Radikal Mix, Resource Mix and the video as well. Gusto. 2005.

Album Details

As the Saying Goes, You Can't Keep a Good Frog Down and the Crazy Frog Has Swapped Waistcoat for Headphones as He Takes to the Decks to Mix his Version of Gershon Kingsley's "Popcorn". A Massive International Hit in 1972 for Hot Butter it Hit No. One in Germany Where it Sold More Than One Million Copies. "Popcorn" Follows in the Steps of "Axel F" which Has Sold in Excess of 460,000 Copies in the UK Alone, Occupying the No.1 Position for Four Weeks and Holding in the Top 10 for Seven Weeks - Making it the Second Biggest Selling Single of 2005 - and the Biggest Non-charity Single for Three Years. Although the Track is Taken from the "Crazy Frog Presents Crazy Hits" Album, the Mixes Included on the Single Are Different from the Album Version, Both in Style and Structure.

Average customer rating:

Lavender Popcorn 1966-1969 John Kongos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005RGR0 Release Date: 2001-11-26

Tracks:

1. I Love Mary
2. Goodtime Party Companion
3. Linda Loves Linda - Floribunda Rose
4. One Way Street - Floribunda Rose
5. Everyone Can See - Scrugg
6. I Wish I Was Five - Scrugg
7. Lavender Popcorn - Scrugg
8. Sandwich Board Man - Scrugg
9. Will the Real Geraldine Please Stand Up and Be Counted - Scrugg
10. Only George - Scrugg
11. Patriotic [#] - Scrugg
12. Confusions About a Goldfish
13. At This Moment
14. Deserts of Mountains of Men
15. Seat by the Window
16. Go Home
17. Tomorrow I'll Go
18. Film, Flam Pharisee
19. It Was Easy
20. Blood
21. Lady Wants More
22. Coming Back to You
23. Amendment to Confusions About a Goldfish
24. Elegy to Seymour [#]
25. All I'm Trying to Do [#]
26. Week Day Lady [#]

Album Description

UK compilation for the South African musician/singer/songwriter who also recorded as Scrugg. Featuring every recording he made for Pye Records between 1966 & 1969, many of then never before reissued & some of them previously unreleased. The set kicks off with a folky debut 45 & a psych-pop rarity by Floribunda Rose before dipping into three singles & hitherto unheard material by Scrugg. The second half of the album is then devoted to John's first UK album, 'Confusions About A Goldfish' (1969) & the compilation concludes with more findings fresh from the vaults. 2001.

Average customer rating:

Popcorn and Puppies: Songs for Kids Dana Alexandra and Mark Wesling Manufacturer: Mark Wesling and Dana A. Zbozien ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000CAQ5K Release Date: 2003-07-30

Tracks:

1. Breakfast Time
2. Catawba's Mountain
3. Swing Song
4. I Like Fish
5. Silly Soozie
6. Popcorn
7. Gifts
8. My Grampy's House
9. Diddilly Bop Bop
10. Barney and Gloria
11. Babysitting
12. Round Up
13. Price of Being Small
14. Prayer
15. Wonderful Things
16. Birds of the Morning

Album Description

This album is a collection of 16 original songs for children recorded with voice and guitar. This CD is an Enhanced CD with data files including Children's Lyrics Sheets and Guitar Chord Sheets so your children can sing along and you can play guitar along with the songs. This CD also includes a printable Pocorn and Puppies poster, artwork and Guitar Chord Chart.

Average customer rating:

Popcorn & a Mama Who Loves Me Too ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000AA4FT2 Release Date: 2005-08-02

Album Description

This album features 12 total tracks including 'Misery Go Round', 'You Are My Superstar', 'Shining Hour', 'Now That I Found You' and more. Victor. 2005.

Average customer rating: Messages from a Soul Sister...

Mother Popcorn: The Vicki Anderson Anthology Vicki Anderson Manufacturer: Vivid Sound ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Acid Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Dance & DJ | Imports | Stores | Music R&B | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: It's My Thing Mama Feelgood: The Best of Lyn Collins Very Best of Little Beaver James Brown's Funky People, Pt. 2 Harlem River Drive ASIN: B0006ZIHZ4 Release Date: 2006-04-07

Tracks:

1. Message from the Soul Sisters, Pts. 1-2
2. Super Good (Answer to Super Bad), Pts. 1-2
3. I'm Too Tough for Mr. Big Stuff (Hot Pants)
4. Answer to Mother Popcorn (I Got a Mother for You)
5. I Want to Be the Land of Milk and Honey
6. If You Don't Give Me What I Want (I Gonna Get It Some Other Place)
7. Baby Don't You Know
8. Think - Vicki Anderson, James Brown
9. Home Is Where the Hatred Is - Vicki Anderson, Bossa Nostra
10. Once You Get Started
11. You're Welcome, Stop on By - Vicki Anderson, Bobby Byrd
12. Don't Throw Your Love in the Garbage Can
13. Wide Awake in a Dream
14. You Send Me
15. I'll Work It Out
16. You've Got the Power - Vicki Anderson, James Brown
17. What the World Needs Now Is Love

Customer Reviews:

Messages from a Soul Sister..........2007-01-15

James Brown said in his autobiography that Vicki Anderson was the best singer he ever had in his revue, which should give you a hint as to her ability when you consider that JB's revue also employed the likes of Lyn Collins and Marva Whitney, who were amazing singers. While it is pricey, this collection is more than worth getting for all the funky grooves it contains. Not to mention, this is the ONLY release of Vicki Anderson's material that is currently available. This CD had me from track one, the live "Message From The Soul Sisters", which has an extremely catchy piano riff and a vampin' groove by the JB's. The majority of the material on this disc is from her work with the James Brown band from the mid 1960's to the early 1970's. Several "answer" songs are included, such as "Super Good" (her answer to JB's "Super Bad), her answer to JB's "Mother Popcorn" (subtitled "I Got A Mother For You"), and her answer to Jean Knight's "Mr. Big Stuff" entitled "I'm Too Tough For Mr. Big Stuff". Not only are these songs entertaining with her sassy answers to the originals and her irresistable attitude, but they are also horn driven jams that are funky as hell. I also enjoyed some of the soul ballads that were included, such as "Wide Awake In A Dream", which was later covered by Lyn Collins. It goes without saying that if you are a fan of James Brown this collection will not disappoint. In fact, JB can be heard in the background of many of the tracks and is featured on his two duets with Vicki Anderson on "Think" and "You've Got The Power". (Its interesting to hear the differences between Lyn Collins' version of "Think" and the version on this disc.) Also included is a duet between Vicki Anderson and her husband, JB sideman Bobby Byrd, on the mellow "You're Welcome, Stop On By". I was not aware that Vicki Anderson had recorded past the 1970's, but her 1994 recording of the Gil Scott Heron classic "Home Is Where The Hatred Is" with Bossa Nostra shows that she hadn't lost any of her vocal power or ability in the years since her recordings from the seventies. Overall this disc is solid, and although the price is high for a single disc, to me the grooves were worth the extra bucks. If you are a James Brown fan or are looking for some rare vintage funk, grab this one before it goes out of print. You won't regret it.

Average customer rating:

Beyond the Windows Perhaps Among The Popcorn Kraig Grady ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000I2IR4Q Release Date: 2006-09-12

Tracks:

1. Beyond the Windows Perhaps Among the Popcorn

Average customer rating: A Spike that promises but delivers only now and then! New To Spike? Don't Buy this until you complete "Slickers 101" And now for some REAL info? Long lost Spike Jones tracks surface!

Fonk Spike Jones Manufacturer: Harlequin Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Contemporary Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Novelty Music | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Comedy & Spoken Word | Miscellaneous | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: (Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection The Ones You Always Wanted But Thought You'd Never Get Spiked!: The Music of Spike Jones Strictly for Music Lovers Spike Jones - Greatest Hits ASIN: B000075A68 Release Date: 2003-01-14

Tracks:

1. Down In Jungle Town
2. Spike Explains 'Dance Of The Hours'
3. Dance Of The Hours
4. Ugga Ugga Boo Ugga
5. Chinese Mule Train
6. Macnamara's Band
7. Minka
8. Rum Tee Diddle Dee Yump
9. So 'Elp Me
10. Fiddle Faddle
11. Alto, Baritone, And Bass
12. What IS A Disc Jockey?
13. Come, Josephine, In My Flying Machine
14. Popcorn Sack Take 1
15. Popcorn Sack - False Start + Take 2
16. Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
17. Holiday For Strings
18. Glow Worm
19. Interview
20. Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight
21. Peanut Vendor
22. Blues My Naughty Sweetie Gave To Me
23. I'm Getting Sentimental Over You

Customer Reviews:

A Spike that promises but delivers only now and then!.......2006-11-23

This 2002 Spike Jones indie release of some rather rare tracks in the Jones arsenal is one that promises alot but doesn't really deliver overall.
Harlequin is an indie company in England who makes their living obtaining copies of sometimes rare/hard to find records now in the hands of private collections and releasing them onto records/CDs....a great way to get around copyright laws in many countries.Harlequin,Proper,Flapper,ASV,et al have done very well over the years trying to fill the niche collectors market in material that the biggies won't or aren't interested in releasing.This release while produced in England was made in the Czech Republic....make of that what you will,if anything.
This is great for collectors and compleatists looking for those rare items to add to their favourites collections.But like everything else in this world caveat emptor,buyer beware.Not all indie releases are made equal as some companies take more pains to get their work done as well as they can while others are just out there to exploit a gullable public.
While this release doesn't fall into the latter category by any means it is certainly from a audio point of view rather disappointing.It's a mixed bag with some tracks sounding quite well while others sounding pretty poor.
There are two main factors involved here: 1) the person on the sound board,i.e. the expertise/committment at equalizing and remixing the sound the best he/she possibly can and 2)the source material involved,i.e.how worn/damaged are the pressings they have to work with.
And this is the crux on which buying these releases rest on.You takes your chances and settle for what you gets.
Another bone of contention I have with the release are the liner notes.For the most part they are all over the place.They are written by a member of the Spike Jones International Fan Club who(should have known BETTER) wrote them like he was releasing them to a bunch of buddies instead of a more generalized public.It's filled with alot of inane patter,in-jokes and references.While I "got" many of them this kind of liner note is NOT for general fan consumption and shows a disturbing lack of professionalism and subsequent lack of respect for the buyer.
To top this the liner notes do blurbs on just 13 of the 23 tracks on the disc!! The best thing about the booklet really are the pictures included,not much else.
In conclusion unless you are a Spike Jones compleatist who REALLY wants these performances,about five released studio recordings and the rest split between alternate takes and live recordings,then I suggest you give this a pass.The sound varies considerably on these tracks and are no where near what you would hear on official releases and should have been better than they are.And let's not get into the liner notes again....as annoying as a Popcorn Sack!!

New To Spike? Don't Buy this until you complete "Slickers 101".......2006-07-28

If you are new to Spike and the Slickers, buy one of the "Best of Collections" first! The reason is simple: those CDs contain the polished, finely tuned performances that made us fans. This CD contains material that an old time Spike fan like me appreciates as "the other stuff Spike did".

And now for some REAL info?.......2003-05-15

Incredible performances: just listen to the live performance of "Dance of the hours", or Tommy Dorsey trying to fit in Spike's rendering of his own sig tune "I'm getting sentimental over you" (also live)... a bunch of other gems too. BUT: again, like with the other Harlequin records, you have to know already a lot about Spike & Slickers, because their liner notes keep referring to "insiders only facts". I like the style of the notes, but the contents are lost on me... Since I actually would have liked to rate this CD SIX stars, leaving of one for the liner notes still gives me five stars. Hahaha!

Long lost Spike Jones tracks surface!.......2003-01-25

Harlequin has been releasing hard-to-find Spike Jones items since the 1980s, beginning with the Standard Transcriptions. But this new release, Fonk, is absolutely the best of the litter! Even if you are a rabid Jones collector, you will find a goldmine of long out-of-print discs, previously unheard radio excerpts, interviews, and even several alternate performances from Spike's golden days with RCA Victor. The sound is quite good on all tracks. There is not a "lemon" among them!

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