Gitarzan

Gitarzan is the fourth studio album by Ray Stevens, released in 1969, as well as his second for Monument Records. Unlike his previous album, Even Stevens, this album is completely in the genres of novelty and comedy. Although this is a true studio album, all of the songs are overdubbed with cheering and applauding of an audience to provide the feeling of a live album. Contents include three of the Coasters' hits, "Mr. Custer", and "Alley Oop". The album also contains re-recordings of his two novelty hits, "Harry the Hairy Ape" and "Ahab the Arab". "Freddie Feelgood" makes its first appearance on an album but is overdubbed with audience noises for this album. The back of the album cover contains an essay that was written by Merv Griffin and describes Stevens' musical styles. Included in the essay is an anecdote about Stevens' appearance on The Merv Griffin Show while promoting his hit "Unwind". Griffin also mentions that he and Arthur Treacher are featured in a performance of the song "Gitarzan" as the voices of Jane and Cheetah "" during a visit from Stevens on Griffin's talk-show. In the official recording, though, Stevens does the vocals for all the characters. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitarza...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)