Things that cost too damn much money

[womzilla]

In 1988, Penn Jillette, Dean Seal, and Rob Elk (with Teller on bvox) released an album, Never Mind the Sex Pistols, Here's Bongos, Bass, & Bob which featured the wonderful anti-anthem, "The Thorazine Shuffle". Stupidly, I didn't buy a copy of it, and I've regretted it ever since. Now that I have more money than I did when I was comic-shop clerk, I've gone searching for it hither and thither. Alas, the only copy I can find is on half.com for $146.99. Yikes and yikes again!

I guess that I'm rather stuck until someone has the wisdom to re-release it. Why are there albums which are out of print in this day and age?

One of my favorite moments ever in radio was on Chapel Hill's WXYC in, probably, 1989 or 1990. The DJ started a set with "The Thorazine Shuffle." About halfway through the song, there's a divided line:

They shuffled in the quiet room [pause]
when no one was around

The pause lasts about ten seconds. The DJ, apparently not expecting the dead air, immediately switch turntables and started "Welcome to the Terrordome" by Public Enemy. When that was done, she resumed "The Thorazine Shuffle" and let it finish. A brilliant, if simple, mash-up avant la lettre.

Comments

[smofbabe.livejournal.com]

Alas, the only copy I can find is on half.com for $146.99.

???

There's one up on eBay for a Buy It Now price of $33.33
http://cgi.ebay.com/BONGOS-BASS-BOB-Never-Mind-1987-US-LP-NEW_W0QQitemZ260332365193QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMusic_on_Vinyl?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116#ShippingPayment

and one up on Amazon for $55:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000000QQ0/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

I knew about the Amazon copy, but for some reason, I believe it is not actually available. I might re-check that.

I gave up looking for a copy on eBay a long time ago and hadn't thought to check it recently. (It's on my Half.com wish list, which is why I knew about that copy.) I might snatch that up.

[redstapler.livejournal.com]

Oh man, THEY did the Thorazine Shuffle?!?

I heard that once on a college radio station and thought it was amazing.

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

So if you don't have a copy, how is it listed as your "Current music", or does that mean it's just playing in your head?

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

Just because I don't have a copy of the album doesn't mean I don't have an mp3 of the song. But I'd like to have the rest of the album as well.

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

Ah. Granted that you'd like the rest of the album, but this does kind of take the edge off the plaintive quality of your story. I do hope you find it, though. There's a few things I have access to that I'd still like my own legitimate copies of, too.

[whumpdotcom.livejournal.com]

Several cover versions (Gov't Mule, and others) on the Amazon.com MP3 store.

[womzilla.livejournal.com]

Alas, neither the Gov't Mule nor Savatage songs are covers of the BB&B song.

[ckd]

My personal "would like to have, but those used prices are crazy" CD wishlist has Sun City, Peter Wolf's Lights Out, and the Innerspace soundtrack on it.