Ringwald Rated R (1983)

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SIDE A_____________________________________

I Wanna Play Piano In A Cathouse
(Bill Gunter, Bob Ringwald)...............................2:01

The Freckle Song (Larry Vincent) ..............3:11

A Hawaiian Tale (Mclntyre, Ferre —
Frank Music Corp.).......................................3:31

Maple Leaf Rag (Joplin — Edwin H. Morris & Co.) . 3:10

My Home Town (Tom Lehrer)...................2:21

The Masochism Tango (Tom Lehrer)........2:38

Hard Hearted Hannah (Yellen, Milton,
Bigelow, Bates — Advanced Music Corp.)..................2:51

 

SIDE B_____________________________________

My Girl's Pussy (O. de Cologne).................2:54

Secret Love (Fain, Webster— Remick Music Corp.)
A parody of unknown origin...............................1:01

The Dirtiest Boogie (Bob Ringwald)...........3:01

Life Git's Teejus Don't It (Carson J. Robison —
Leeds Music Corp.)...................................... 3:28

Huggin' And Chalkin' (Hayes, Goell —
Hudson Music Co.).......................................2:48

Our Trailer Don't Seem Like A
Home Any More (Spencer Quinn)...............4:20

That's My Weakness Now (Green, Stept —
Shapiro Bernstein & Co.) .................................2:01

 

HEY YOU!

YEAH, YOU STANDING THERE HOLDING THIS RECORD ALBUM with that stupid grin on your face trying to decide whether to spring for it or not!

AAH, GO AHEAD! What do you have to lose besides a few bucks?

WHATSA MATTER? You afraid of your reputation if someone sees this under your arm as you slink out?

DON'T WORRY, BOZO. This establishment already knows to hide it in a plain brown wrapper for you.

JUST LOOK AT WHAT YOU'LL BE GETTING! Count them, 14! Not 10, or 12 or 13 like most record albums, but fourteen fantastic songs (well, maybe not quite fantastic, but semi-fantastic songs) performed by a fantastic musician (well, maybe not quite fantastic, but semi-fantastic musician) by the name of BOB RINGWALD.

Bob is well known to jazz fans everywhere but this record blows his cover completely and strips him naked (musically speaking). What most jazz aficionados don't know and will be shocked to find out is that, for many years, Bob has been living two separate and clandestine lives: one, as a famous jazz pianist and banjoist and two, as a famous nightclub per- former. He has been forced to live in constant fear that someday, somehow, somewhere, sometime, someone would discover the seamy truth and confiscate his Spike Jones records.

Bob was born and raised in Sacramento, California, where he led the Fulton Street Jazz Band through 18 years, 4 albums and 2,872 kegs of beer. He played his first paying gig (that's hip musician talk for job) at the age of twelve and grew a beard at seventeen so he could pass for twenty-one and play in joints (that's hip musician talk for cathouses). It was at this juncture in his career that he began living the insidious lie that this record exposes — he went into the closet (musically speaking) not to emerge until now with this record, some 25 years later.

This record — this very same record that you are right now clutching in your sweaty palms and trying to figure out how to get it out the door without embarrassing yourself — does this very thing! It opens that closet door (musically speaking) and finally reveals Bob Ringwald blending his incredible talents (well, maybe semi-incredible talents) with his many years of internationally acclaimed nightclub performing (well, maybe semi-internationally acclaimed). Where else can you hear on one record album the jazz classic Hard Hearted Hannah plus The Freckle Song ("She's Got Freckles On Her But She Is Nice") plus the Scott Joplin ragtime classic The Maple Leaf Rag plus My Girl's Pussy (obviously referring to a small furry animal that likes to sit on your lap and lick your face)?

This record truly has something for everyone! How about for you C&W devotees? There's Our Trailer Don't Seem Like A Home Any More and Life Git's Teejus Don't It? If you have fond memories of Hawaii, of moonlit beaches and steamy luaus on those tropical islands of Lakanukki and Kimauna Wona Laiia, bring them back with the song A Hawaiian Tale. Once

you've experienced the thrill and ecstasy of The Masochism Tango, well, nothing more need be said so I'll say more. Relive the happy, carefree days of your youth with the familiar strains of My Home Town. Remember those tender moments behind the barn with your first sweetheart when you listen to Secret Love. Then top off this incomparable musical journey (well, almost incomparable) with the jumping, jiving riffs of The Dirtiest Boogie.*

At the conclusion of the recording session for this album, Bob Ringwald was overheard to exclaim, "Rish manowna pooh lauch a key kipoo." Upon more sober reflection the next day, however, when asked by this reporter for a comment, Bob said, "Never before have I worked with, nor recorded with, a finer bunch of musicians, both musically as well as personally."

Before moving from Sacramento to Los Angeles, Bob helped found the Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society and served on its Board of Directors. He helped start the world-famous Sacramento Dixieland Jubilee and served on its music committee. He was also the sole organizer and supporter of Friends And Relatives Together Here, Everywhere And In Des Moines. At this writing, he resides in Los Angeles where he leads the Great Pacific Jazz Band, entertains as a soloist in various Southern California lounges (that's hip musician talk for saloons) and hosts a popular weekly jazz radio show on KCSN. He is a licensed amateur radio operator with call sign K6YBV.

SO, GO AHEAD AND LIVE A LITTLE, WILL YA? If

you're brave enough to get this record out the door and home before someone jeers, thumbs their nose, gives you the razzberry or calls you a "degenerate, perverted sicko," you will be rewarded with a rich blend of jazz and comedy you'll enjoy for many years to come — or until you croak!

*A WORD OF CAUTION: For best results while listening to this quality stereophonic record on your pornograph, please make sure that your turntable as well as your mind are warped.

This recording has received the coveted seal of approval from these fine organizations:

B.H.C.I.R.C. Burbank Home For The Criminally Insane And Rifle Club
S.H.I.T. Sam Houston Institute of Technology
F.A.R.T.H.E.A.D. Friends And Relatives Together Here, Everywhere And In Des Moines

PERSONNEL: 

Produced by Jim Turner and Hank Lawson
Vocal: Bob Ringwald
Recorded in Los Angeles on April 13, 1983
Piano: Bob Ringwald
Recording Engineer: Cecil Spiller
Banjo: Bob Ringwald
Mastering: Cecil Spiller
Bass: Bob Ringwald   
Cover: Bobb Lynes
Kazoo: Bob Ringwald
Photography: Charles "Dirty Jack" Gibbs
Percussion: Bob Ringwald
Liner Notes: Harold Pesci

Special Thanks to Nancy Avery, Bill Coffman, Terry Dixon, Cary Ginell, Ray Leatherwood, Hal Nedved, Jim Newland, Bob Newman, Bill Nidever, Old Town Music Hall, Hank Penny, Uncle Bob Richards, Art Terry, Jim Whats-iz-face, Ian Whitcomb and Burt Wilson.

©©Copyright 1983 Sacramento Jazz Records
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Sacramento Jazz Records
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Rocklin, California 95677
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