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    01/01/1995

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    All Music Guide Review

    Tales From the Rhino 2 gathers more of the label's favorite singles, which range from the bizarre (the Qworymen's "Beatle Rap," the Temple City Kazoo Orchestra's "2001 Sprach Kazoostra," and Fred Blassie's "Pencil Neck Geek") to the underappreciated (Steve Wynn's "Carolyn," the Honeys' "Running Away From Love," and Roky Erickson's "Bermuda"). Though most of the novelty singles that make up the bulk of this double-disc set were released on the label's various Dr. Demento collections, songs like Julie Brown's "The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun" and Rockin' Richie Ray's "Baseball Card Lover" are still fairly entertaining. Ideally, Tales From the Rhino 2 would have included more of the obscure groups and singles the label has resurrected with series like Poptopia and D.I.Y., not to mention their numerous blues and jazz compilations. Though the Weirdos' "Helium Bar," the Pandoras' "In and Out of My Life (In a Day)," and Rank & File's "Black Book" are included, the collection could have used more tracks along these lines. Tales From the Rhino 2 attempts to paint an eclectic portrait of Rhino's offerings, but unfortunately the results are too biased toward their novelty rock output. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

    Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • Artist
  • time
  • 1
  • 2001 Sprach Kazoostra
  • Temple City Kazoo Band

  • 2
  • Go to Rhino Records
  • Fischer, Wild Man

  • 3
  • Nose Job
  • David, Mogan and His Winos

  • 4
  • Baseball Card Lover
  • Ray, Ritchie

  • 5
  • The Star Spangled Banner
  • Guevara, Ruben

  • 6
  • Whole Lotta Love
  • Temple City Kazoo Band

  • 7
  • Walk on the Kosher Side
  • Geflite Joe and the Fish

  • 8
  • Pencil Neck Geek
  • Blassie, Fred

  • 9
  • Okie from Muskogee
  • Bakersfield Boogie Boys, The

  • 10
  • Pipeline
  • Bombay Beach Boys

  • 11
  • Fish Heads
  • Barnes & Barnes

  • 12
  • Hannukah Rocks
  • Geflite Joe and the Fish

  • 13
  • Hooked on Henny
  • Youngman, Henny

  • 14
  • Louie, Louie
  • Rice University Marching Owl Band

  • 15
  • Beatle Rap
  • Qworymen

  • 16
  • I Wanna Be Your Dog
  • Seven Stooges

  • 17
  • Super Freak
  • Big Daddy [1]

  • 18
  • The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun
  • Brown, Julie

  • 19
  • Bedrock Rap (Meet the Flintstones)
  • Springstone, Bruce

  • 20
  • The Addams Family
  • Gaynor, Joey

  • 21
  • Famous Jews
  • Kurland, Seth

  • 22 (2)
  • Bermuda
  • Erickson, Roky

  • 23 (2)
  • Punk Rock Christmas
  • Ravens [1]

  • 24 (2)
  • All the Wrong Girls Like Me
  • Winos

  • 25 (2)
  • Helium Bar
  • Weirdos, The

  • 26 (2)
  • Solitaire
  • Pop [U.S.]

  • 27 (2)
  • I Won't Be Too Young
  • Malibooz, The

  • 28 (2)
  • Running Away from Love
  • Honeys, The

  • 29 (2)
  • Bigger Stones
  • Beat Farmers, The

  • 30 (2)
  • 40 Years
  • House Of Freaks

  • 31 (2)
  • She Had Everything
  • Berryhill, Cindy Lee

  • 32 (2)
  • In and Out of My Life (In a Day)
  • Pandoras, The

  • 33 (2)
  • My Baby's Gone
  • Harman, James Band

  • 34 (2)
  • Black Book
  • Rank & File

  • 35 (2)
  • Ain't Nothin' But a House Party
  • Little Games

  • 36 (2)
  • I Wouldn't Treat a Dog

  • 37 (2)
  • Dancing in the Dark
  • Big Daddy [1]

  • 38 (2)
  • Heart and Soul
  • Monkees

  • 39 (2)
  • At This Moment

  • 40 (2)
  • Bad Dreams in Hollywood
  • Two Chicks

  • 41 (2)
  • Carolyn
  • Wynn, Steve [1]

  • 42 (2)
  • Angels

  • 43 (2)
  • A Little Bit of Bad
  • NRBQ

  • 44 (2)
  • I'm an Adult Now
  • David, Mogan and His Winos

    • Credits

    • Harold Bronson
    • Producer, Compilation, Compilation Producer, Liner Notes


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