Paul Nero Sounds - Quick Joey Small (The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus Cover)

From '' Bubble Gum Party (Non Stop Party Fire) ''
Label: Liberty – LBS 83265 I, Stern Musik – LBS 83265 I
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Germany
Released: 1969

Tracklist
A1a Light Your Party
A1b Chewy Chewy
A1c Do Something To Me
A1d Feelin' So Good
A1e Everyday People
A2a Yummy Yummy
A2b Down At Lulu's
A2c Sweeter Than Sugar
A3a Quick Joey Small
A3b Born To Be Wild
A4a Cinderella Sunshine
A4b Proud Mary
A4c Gimme Gimme Good Lovin'
A4d Obladi-Oblada
B1a Simon Says
B1b Muny Muny
B1c Walky Talky
B2a Mr. Sun Mr. Moon
B2b In The Pink
B3a Softly, Softly
B3b Green Light
B3c Baby Come Back
B4a Magic Carpet Ride
B4b Dizzy
B4c Bang-Shag-A-Lang

Arranged By, Conductor – Paul Nero
Voice Actor [Introduction Spoken] – Mike Tuttlies

Producer – Siegfried E. Loch

Artwork – Albert Leuthenmayr
Photography By – Charles Wilp

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''Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run)'' is a bubblegum song written by Arthur Resnick and Joey Levine.
It was released in 1968 by The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus.

Cover versions

The Real McCoy / 1968
The Tonics / 1969
The Clive Allan Orchestra And Singers / 1970
Darren Burn / 1974
Slaughter & The Dogs Featuring Mick Ronson / 1978
Ramona's / 1990
March To The Grave / 1990
Sister Goddamn / 1992
Paparazzi / 1992
Bread And Beer Band / 1994
Trick Babys! / 1995
Pink Filth / 1998
Apocalypse Hoboken / 1999
The Cramps / 2004
The BossHoss / 2009
The Love Triangle / 2011
Deckchair Poets / 2015
The Dogs D'Amour

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The Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus was a bubblegum "supergroup" created by record producers Jerry Kasenetz and Jeffry Katz, consisting of various Super K Production groups.

Original cast recording

For the first album, the fictitious concept was to take eight Kasenetz-Katz produced groups and bring them together for a "live" performance at Carnegie Hall on 7 June 1968. The roster included:

1910 Fruitgum Company
Ohio Express
Music Explosion
Lt. Garcia's Magic Music Box
Teri Nelson Group
1989 Musical Marching Zoo
J.C.W. Rat Finks
St. Louis Invisible Marching Band

According to the inner gatefold cover's liner notes, the "supergroup" consisted of 46 members. However, the album cover itself only shows 33 members (plus Kasenetz and Katz in tuxedos) while the individual inner cover photos total 37 (excluding the non-existent St. Louis Invisible Marching Band, whose photo is represented by a white block).

Of the 10 studio tracks used for this LP (not including the dialogue tracks), live audiences were dubbed into two: "Little Bit Of Soul" and "Simon Says".

Members

To add to the confusion of the actual number of participants, the LP package came with a page of stamps with each member of the "supergroup", including their names and the individual group he or she represents. The members of The Teri Nelson Group (except Teri Nelson herself) are shown as INVISIBLE BAND on the stamps.

Side 2 opens up with Music Explosion leader Jamie Lyons announcing the individual members of the newer or lesser-known groups. Some of the names mentioned do not coincide with the members shown on the stamps.

Second album

For Super K's second effort (renamed "Kasenetz-Katz Super Circus"), the roster was reduced to five groups. Remaining were The 1910 Fruitgum Company, Ohio Express and Music Explosion, with the other groups replaced by Shadows Of Knight (who had just been acquired by Super K and signed to Buddah's Team label) and White Whale label group Professor Morrison's Lollipop (formerly the Coachmen of Lincoln, Nebraska). Despite these representations, the tracks were actually recorded by studio musicians with lead vocals by Ohio Express lead vocalist Joey Levine.

Unlike the first album, this was more of a straightforward studio album without the "concept" theme. It yielded the Top 25 hit "Quick Joey Small (Run Joey Run)", which also became a Top 20 British hit. Also included were the Shadows Of Knight's minor hit "Shake", but with Levine's vocals replacing Jim Sohns' original vocal track.

1969 and beyond

After a failed attempt to combine bubblegum music with the likes of composers Beethoven, Mozart and others with the album Classical Smoke (as "Kasenetz-Katz Orchestral Circus"), the K-K concept popped up occasionally in the 1970s but came to an end with a final single in 1977.

2009

Kasenetz and Katz released an album in 2009, calling themselves Kasenetz and Katz Allstarz Band, featuring Jaymee Lynn Frankel, Lianne Frankel, Lisa Ganz, Kiirstin Marilyn, Donna & Laura Macaluso, Don Chaffin and more.