ArtWork By Manic Mark: Jimmy Nelson's Instant Ventriloquism

ArtWork By Manic Mark

Howdy Folks! I started this blog to share my thoughts and treasures. I'm an artist and I collect unusual art. The majority of my posts feature rare or hard to find LPs with a focus on private press, strange music and atomic or space age pop. Many albums such as the ones I feature here would be long forgotten if it wasn't for like-minded folks who find and share them. If there are copyright issues that I'm not aware of, please contact me and I will remove the offending item.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Jimmy Nelson's Instant Ventriloquism

Jimmy Nelson's Instant Ventriloquism and Ventriloquism For The Beginner

A Juro Celebrity Record JCR-101

Juro Novelty Co., Inc. 1964

Great cover. Well done recording. I wonder how many people actually got anywhere learning the art of ventriloquism using this instructional LP? Not many, I suspect. The same deal applies to the instructional books you might buy as a comic book reading youngster to help you muscle up so that bullies would stop kicking sand in your face at the beach.

Ventriloquism, is like learning the guitar. You can learn a few basics and then spend the rest of you life figuring out how play like people who practice for 12 hours a day every day.

Nice vintage recording. Now hold you lips together and say: "nnnnnnllllloooyyyy"! I meant Enjoy!

From the A side: "Remember, you can't rush ventriloquism!" But wait! The album cover said INSTANT!

6 Comments:

tink said...: HA! As if this is something you might be able to learn by listening rather than seeing technique. Very fun! Love the cover. Many people find ventriloquist dummies quite creepy! I am sitting here trying the teeth together and lips parted thing and trying the alphabet....O & U make you move your lips automatically.; February 27, 2010 12:04 PM
Dave Robison said...: Actually, I first learned ventriloquism using this same record and thousands of other ventriloquists did the same. Of course, most probably went on to learn from other sources as well, as did I.

But I gave my first few years performances using nothing but this album and hours of practice. And made some money on the side as well.

I'll share this link with some others and maybe you'll get an idea of how many agree with me.

Dave; February 27, 2010 10:47 PM
Mean John Dean said...: You most certainly can learn ventriloquism using Jimmy Nelson's record however if you personally lack the talent and discipline it takes to do so then nothing is going to work for you.

Mean John Dean
President
Florida Ventriloquist Association
meanjohndean@comcast.net; February 28, 2010 8:54 AM
Dan said...: Well, that was kind of mean, John Dean.

Dan Bushman
Budding ventriloquist
http://dailydummy.blogspot.com.; February 28, 2010 9:10 AM
Neale Bacon said...: I also disagree with your review of Jimmy Nelson's album. Some of the top ventriloquists in the world started by using Jimmy's album.; March 1, 2010 12:36 PM
ArtWork By Mark Betcher said...: I said... not many... I didn't say not anyone. You're missing my light-hearted point of an "Instant" learning vs. the reality of the educational experience.; March 1, 2010 12:56 PM

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Name: ArtWork By Mark Betcher

I'm over the hill and rolling down the other side in a mad dash to achieve something in the process of what I don't know. About vinyl collecting and my reviews. Producing a record for most artists was a costly undertaking. Without label support, artists had to pay for studio time and many extras to help engineer a recording. Artists then had to pay for pressing the record and the cost of creating the album jacket. And the cost of printing, even a low-end, one color jacket was very expensive! Certainly there was no budget for marketing. There were no fashion consultants, make-up artists or professional designers working on these projects. These private press, off or no label, vanity LPs were "expensive" undertakings in the most low budget way. I treasure them because I get the artist's vision... not the marketing department vision! It's the unvarnished truth!