gts091 “shell”
If it grows a shell, that means it’s hiding something good.
01-01 Andrews Sisters & Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra – Decca 2214 – Hold Tight Hold Tight (1939)
01-02 Elvis Presley – RCA 1443 – Do The Clam (1965)
01-03 NoFX – Pump Up The Valuum 06 – Clams Have Feelings Too (Actually They Don’t) (2000)
01-04 Robert Young & The Serendipity Singers – Sing of Love, Lies… 106 – The Clam (1965)
— full album title: “The Serendipity Singers Sing Of: Love, Lies, And Flying Festoons, Clams, Psychiatrists, Draft Evasion, Lilac Trees, Muddy Rivers, Plastic, Elephants, Infidelity, Monkeys, Desertion, Boa Constrictors,… Etc. And Other Songs By Shel Silverstein”
01-05 Dave Seaman – Renaissance X067 – Attack Of The Abalones (2009)
02-01 King Crimson – The Elements 2021 108 – The World’s My Oyster Soup Kitchen Floor Wax Museum (2021)
02-02 Squeeze – Argybargy 101 – Pulling Mussels (From The Shell) (1980)
02-03 Malcolm McLaren – Duck Rock 206 – Duck For The Oyster (1983)
— from the poster included with the record: “Up in the mountains in East Tennesee, there still exists an old pagan love ritual known as the square dance. The nearest thing to what is left of that spirit from Europe. Its origins can be traced back to Roman times. A way of finding your partner – this dance was banned by the church 150 years ago in the United States. They considered the fiddle the instrument of Satan, and the possibility of that cattleman storming into the barn dance and ending up dancing with the local Parson’s daughter was something close to immoral. Nevertheless, innuendo in lyrics prevailed. Rolling in the clover, stepping in and out of the window, and other nursery rhymes were used, slapping their hands over the thighs and whistling the tunes. Duck for the Oyster is a reminder of those days, mixed with the sound of the Pac-man, demonstrating what fun can be had by touch dancing.”
02-04 Peatbog Faeries – Faerie Stories 01 – Martin Roachfords- The Oyster Womans Rant (2001)
02-05 Fats Waller – Victor 24738 – You’re Not The Only Oyster In The Stew (1934)
03-01 Cyro Baptista – Beat The Donkey 01 – Caranguejo Estrela Brilhante (The Crab and the Shining Star) (2002)
03-02 The Sandabs – Bamboo 522 – Crab Louie (1962)
03-03 Joan Jett & Evil Stig – Evil Stig 01 – Sign Of The Crab (1995)
03-04 Ray Charles – Porgy & Bess 10 – Crab Man (1976)
03-05 Anvil – Metal On Metal 104 – March Of The Crabs (1982)
03-06 John Valby – Compact Dirt Digital Ditties 04 – Three Blind Crabs (1989)
03-07 Lords Of Acid – Voodoo-U 02 – The Crab Louse (1994)
04-01 Dolores Gray & Cararata – Decca 27832 – Shrimp Boats (1951)
04-02 Johnny Cash – From Sea To Shining Sea 205 – Shrimpin’ Sailin’ (1968)
04-03 Elvis Presley – RCA PB9316 – Crawfish (1958)
04-04 Townes Van Zandt – Abnormal 02 – The Shrimp Song (1996)
04-05 Exmagma – Goldball 203 – Dance Of The Crabs (1974)
04-06 Bo Diddley – Bo Diddley Is A Gunslinger 103 – Doing The Crawdaddy (1960)
04-07 Crunch 22 – Crunch 22 Mess With Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland 08 – The Lobster Quadrille (2016)
05-01 Brixton Robbers – Rocks And Cranes 10 – Rock Lobster (2009)
05-02 Fairport Convention – Fairport Convention 203 – The Lobster (1968)
05-03 MC Lars – Nothing To Fear 09 – Lobster Boy (1999)
05-04 Fernando Perdomo – Out to Sea 3 The Storm 10 – The Crab (2020)
05-05 The Strangers – Christy 45-107 – Crab Louis (1959)
05-06 Xhosa Mfengu – The Nguni Sound (South Africa & Swaziland 1955 ’57 ’58) 14 – Unonkala (Mr. Crab)
— field recording by Hugh Tracey
06-01 Beenie Man – Cloack & Dagger Riddim 06 – Oyster & Conch (1997)
06-02 Blind Blake & His Royal Victoria Calypsos – Art 2 – A Conch Ain’t Got No Bones (1951)
06-03 Catfish & The Crawdaddies – Venus Blues 02 – Crawdaddy Crawdaddy (2003)
06-04 Audra Ann McDonald, Brian D’Arcy James, Sally Murphy, Taye Diggs – Carousel OBC 12 – A Real Nice Clambake (1994)
… and a bonus track …
07-01 Continental Groove – Sea Spider (2021)