The Wide Weird World of Shorty Petterstein
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The Wide Weird World of Shorty Petterstein (1958) is an album featuring Shorty Petterstein, a fictional character created by Henry Jacobs. The album was released on the World Pacific label.
Discogs.com notes that the genre of this record is non-music.
The album consists largely of encounters between hipsters and unknowing squares. One interviewer asks about art to be told, "Art? He's been with the band about six months. Blows good piano." When the interviewer protests that pianos aren't blown, but played with the hands, Shorty returns the opaque reply, "Blow is like an instrument."
On the cover is a photo of the Watts Towers.
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Tracklist
- A1 A History Of Jazz
- A2 Origin Of Jazz Terms
- Voice [Uncredited] - Alan Watts
- A3 "Do You Want A Little Lovin'?"
- A4 Chess (The New 3-Dimensional Variety)
- A5 Rock 'N' Roll Interview With Jump Calkenburger
- A6 George's Mother (The Classic Psychopath)
- A7 Guitar For Sale
- B1 Telephone Therapy (Another Service Of Your Telephone)
- B2 Drums In The Typewriter (Woodrow Leafer)
- B3 "A Visit To My Best Girl"
- B4 Mental Blockages - I Couldn't Remember The Words
- B5 Breaking The Habit (An Easy Way)
- B6 "Quiet, Children" - Childhood Traumas
- B7 Self Analysis - A Frank Admission
- B8 It's No Laughing Matter
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