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Buchanan & Goodman
"Politically Correct?"
© Lunratick Records
Year of Release: 1995
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track listing
Disc One:
Flying Saucer (Part One)--
Buchanan &
Goodman
Flying Saucer (Part Two)--
Buchanan &
Goodman
Flying Saucer The 2nd--
Buchanan &
Goodman
Flying Saucer The 3rd--
Buchanan &
Goodman
Flying Saucers Go West--
Buchanan &
Goodman
Buchanan And Goodman
On Trial--
Buchanan &
Goodman
Santa And The Satellite
(Part One)--
Buchanan &
Goodman
Santa And The Satellite
(Part Two)--
Buchanan &
Goodman
The Touchables--
Buchanan &
Goodman
The Touchables
In Brooklyn--
Buchanan &
Goodman
Santa And
The Touchables--
Buchanan &
Goodman
Ben Crazy--
Buchanan &
Goodman
The Banana Boat Story--
Buchanan &
Goodman
Frankenstein of '59--
Buchanan &
Goodman
Frankenstein Returns--
Buchanan &
Goodman
Berlin Top Ten--
Buchanan &
Goodman
The Thing--
Bill Buchanan
The Creature--
Buchanan & Ancell
Meet The Creature--
Buchanan & Ancell
The Invasion--
Buchanan &
Greenfield
Washington Uptight--
Dickie Goodman &
The Penn Players
Shnonanza--
Dickie Goodman
Batman And
His Grandmother--
Dickie Goodman
Senate Hearing--
Dickie Goodman
Election Year 1964--
Dickie Goodman
Luna Trip--
Dickie Goodman
Lock Up
(Later Known As
Mystery)--
Dickie Goodman
On Campus--
Dickie Goodman
Disc Two:
James Bomb--
Dickie Goodman
Energy Crisis '74--
Dickie Goodman
Mudamad Ali--
Dickie Goodman
Charlies Devils--
Dickie Goodman
Kong--
Dickie Goodman
Laverne The Fonz
And Shirley--
Dickie Goodman
Watergate--
Dickie Goodman
Mr. President (One)--
Dickie Goodman
The Purple People Eater--
Dickie Goodman
Gerry Ford
(A Special Report)--
Dickie Goodman
Mr. Jaws--
Dickie Goodman
Energy Crisis '79--
Dickie Goodman
Mrs. Jaws--
Dickie Goodman
Super-Duper Man--
Dickie Goodman
Election '80--
Dickie Goodman
Rocky--
Dickie Goodman
Mr. President (Two)--
Dickie Goodman
Inflation In The Nation--
Dickie Goodman
Star Warts--
Dickie Goodman
Deep Roots--
Dickie Goodman
Radio Russia--
Dickie Goodman
Washington Inside-Out--
Dickie Goodman
Dallas--
Dickie Goodman
Soul President
Number One--
Dickie Goodman
Super Fly Meets Shaft--
Dickie Goodman &
John & Ernest
Hey E.T.--
Dickie Goodman
The Attack Of
The Z-Monster--
Dickie Goodman
Safe Sex Report--
Dickie Goodman
Good Night
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Buchanan & Goodman
"Politically Correct?"
Buchanan & Goodmann -- Politically Correct? -- A Complete Complilation of 57 Recordings on Two Compact Discs -- LunaTrick Records
For Novelty fans, and Dr. Demento fans, (Bill) Buchanan (and especially) (Dickie) Goodman's "little newscasts" of the events of the day featured
a storyline where they would ask questions, and have bits from original Rock & Roll hits. In today's musical world, most of these bits from hits
would face copyright infringements. Luckily for this 2-disc compilation, all the bits are from the original recordings.
Back in the 1970s, Dickie Goodman's parody of the Jaws movie was a big novelty hit, "Mr. Jaws". What made my interest even more,
was discovering two 45 rpm records I would receive from garage sales: Buchanan & Goodman's "Flying Saucer" (Parts 1 and 2), and another
unlabeled 45 I received, and it would be Buchanan & Goodman's "The Touchables." In junior high school, one of the students there had the 45
"Batman And His Grandmother." The events of the day, movies, TV shows were the focus of these "little newscasts."
"The Flying Saucer" would expand to five "stories." There was even a Santa Claus parody, having two "stories." Monsters were even taken on,
as Frankenstein, The Thing, The Creature. TV shows, Movies and Celebrities: Batman, James Bond, Mahammad Ali, Charlies Angels, King Kong, Laverne &
Shirley, Happy Days, Jaws. Politics: The Senate, The Elections (1964, 1980), Energy Crisis (1974, 1979), Gerald Ford. And a whole lot more.
"The Flying Saucer" (Parts 1 and 2), "Mr. Jaws" and "The Touchables" were the ones that have always stood out in my mind,
having these vinyl gems. The other compilation that would later surface, was based on Dickie Goodman:
Dickie Goodman & Friends: Greatest Fables.
However, most of the sound bits from the Rock & Roll hit records were not the originals. Even though this would be a common copyright problem today,
Buchanan & Goodman faced this same problem when they first started. "Buchanan And Goodman On Trial" was the focus on this "copyright issue."
Goodman's Greatest Fables basically focused on Goodman's career by himself. Another note to mention, there are recordings from Greatest
Fables that are not included on this 2-disc set.
But This 2-disc set pretty much sums it up, and complete(?). Bill Buchanan & Dickie Goodman started this particular parodies of "stories." They
would be officially titled "break-in" recordings.
From the liner notes of Politically Correct?:
Bill Buchanan was born June 3rd, 1935 in Hewlett, New York. Dickie Goodman was born April 19th, 1934 in Hewlett, New York. They were best friends
for most of their young lives through grammar school and on through high school.
In June of 1956, Bill and Dickie came up with an idea of novelty recordings using excerpts from songs that were popular at the time. They came up with
the "Flying Saucer," which they released on their own record label called Luniverse Records on July 25, 1956.
The record became an overnight success for the duo reaching number seven on the nation wide hit charts for over thirteen consecutive weeks. The
problems arose however with many lawsuits from record companies whose material/songs they used. After long legal entanglements they finally made out of
court settelments with over twenty five record companies. From then on they followed legal procedures and had a long list of break-in recordings such as
"Buchanan And Goodmam On Trial," a spoof on their previous law suits, "The Flying Saucers Go West," "The Touchables" and many, many others.
By the end of January 1959, because of individual disagreements, Bill and Dickie went their separate ways. Bill teamed up with other partners for a short
period of time and did three more break-in recordings with little major success then decided to quit the business. Today Bill Buchanan is in the jewelry
business in the state of Texas. Dickie Goodman went on from the point of their breakup in 1959 to have thirty seven more "break-in" recordings. Some of
these recordings made the top one hundred chart listing and some went nowehere.
By November 6th, 1989 Goodman fell into a deep depression with little or no success of his recordings through the years on many of his own record
labels such as Mark-X, Rori, Diamond, Cotique, Red Bird and Rainy Wednesday.
On this date Dickie Goodman committed suicide by shooting himself in the head.
For thirty three years both together and apart the public had the opportunity and pleasure of laughing and enjoying over fifty "break-in" recordings
of these two most talented and much ahead of their time recording artist. We will always be on the look out for Buchanan & Goodman.
Mr. I.M.A. Novelty Collector
As the liner notes stated, Bill Buchanan would leave the business, after a few more recordings. "The Thing" was one of his remakes, as the
original was recorded by comedian Phil Harris. Buchanan's remake was basically the same as Harris -- No sound bits were included. He teamed up with a
new partner, Bob Ancell, for more parody recordings as he did with Dickie Goodman. One recording on this compliation is credited as
"Buchanan & Greenfield." This would be Howard Greenfield, as he would be a famous songwriter/co-writer for hits of Neil Sedaka. Bill Buchanan passed
away of cancer, on August 1, 1996. He was 66 years old.
Dickie Goodman would be the most sucessful, continuing his novelty parody stories after his departure with Bill Buchanan. Throughout the late 1960,
1970s, and 1980s, Goodman made many recordings. The 1970s decade would be his finest. Other credits to Goodman were "Dickie Goodman & The Penn Players,"
which was an alias for "The Pennsylvania Players," and "Dickie Goodman & John & Ernest" (John Free and Ernest Smith).
And thanks to the novelty radio show from Dr. Demento, Goodman's novelty would be introduced to a new audience. But sadly, by the late 1980s, Goodman's
novelty wasn't as popular, as he fell into a deep depression. On November 6, 1989, he committed suicide, by shooting himself in the head. He was 55 years
old. Survived by two sons and a daughter, his son Jon released a book about his father's career. He would also record his own "break-n" novelty record for
Greatest Fables -- "Return of the Flying Saucer ('97)." Jon Goodman currently operates the Dickie Goodman Productions LLC Company, in
Philadelphia. Dickie Goodman's website can be found here.
As this compilation is definitely a treasure, it seems as you listen to these many tracks today, the "break-in" stategy does get a bit worn. However,
this was ahead of its time, back in the day. "Mr. Jaws" would be the breakthrough novelty track, as it was heard on the radio, as many times as
the popular Rock & Roll hits were played. Another novelty I remember hearing on the radio was "Energy Crisis '74."
By the time Dr. Demento brought back Goodman's recordings, it would bring Goodman's novelty back to life. (When I was listening to the Doctor's shows,
it was during high school, in the early 1980s.) However, by the late 1980s, it seemed this kind of novelty wasn't accepted, causing Goodman's depression
and suicide death. Although you may not hear Buchanan & Goodman's work on today's radio airwaves, they are now featured more on Internet/Satellite Radio.
There are novelty channels out there, featuring their novelty recordings, introducing themselves to another audience, that will always accept and
appreciate the work that they did. And these "break-in" may not be in today's novelty, it did launch the parody of songs (as Weird Al Yankovic did),
for another political noveltist, Paul Shanklin, and other comedians, specializing in impersonating political figures, such as our U.S. Presidents.
Bill Buchanan and (espeically) Dickie Goodman paved the way for the novelty record in a very unique way. Listen to this compilation, as you hear
their "stories" and "conversations" using the popular songs at the time. It's humorous, funny, and of course, they all tell funny stories. We can only
imagine more of this kind of novelty in today's day and age, with today's Rap music, and of course, the ongoing political figures that have been with us
after Dickie Goodman's untimely death.
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