Jukeboxmafia: Bubblegum Music (literally!)

The Clark Gum Shufflers
The Clark Gum Shuffle - Peppermint
?-?
Mid Sixties?

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Here's a promotional 7" EP from the Clark Gum Company. 4 swinging tunes perfectly suited for dancing the Clark Gum Shuffle. I was excited when I first saw this, thinking it might contain some cheesey late sixties sounds in the style of a low rent Archies. However, what I found was 4 instrumentals more in the style of a low rent Tiajuana Brass. The tune I have selected, "Peppermint" is the most soulful of the bunch. Anybody remember this disc? Anybody remember Clark Gum?
p.s. The disc and sleeve contain absoltely NO information. No band info, no composer credit, no record label or catalogue number and no date. I made up the name Clark Gum Shufflers myself and am simply guessing at the date. Feel free to weigh in if you know anything about this record...

*Update* Alert tipster Cranched hipped me to this youtube video for the Clark Gum Commercial. Turns out it IS the Tiajuana Brass! Be sure and visit his cool blog here: http://cranchedfornow.blogspot.com/ Thanks Cranched!

Disclaimer:

Most of the music files presented here come from my personal 45 collection and are posted for purposes of musical enlightenment only. These are mostly obscure songs, over 40 years old, that may not have been reissued on CD. The intention is to raise awareness of underappreciated artists/songs. If you like what you hear, seek these artists out on CD or get out there and find some of this old vinyl for yourself... If you are the copyright holder and wish any files to be removed, I will do so immediately upon request.

6 comments:

KL from NYC said...: Thanks. I collect these ad tie-in records. Is it a paper disc or plastic?; Friday, November 13, 2009
Jukeboxmafia said...: Cool! It's a vinyl disc with a cardboard sleeve. I have several more ad/promo discs that I bought today, which will be featured here in the near future...; Friday, November 13, 2009
Hank said...: I remember Clark Gum. Haven't thought about it in years and had totally forgotten its very existence. Never did The Shuffle, however.; Friday, November 13, 2009
cranched said...: Clark had a Teaberry Gum that made you do the Teaberry Shuffle. Here's an old commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk11Acjofu8; Thursday, November 19, 2009
Jukeboxmafia said...: Thanks Cranched! I've added the video to this post...; Friday, November 20, 2009
traveling cyst said...: the commercial you posted does indeed have music by Tijuana Brass, "The Mexican Shuffle" with flutes added to the LP version...after several years, clark started using a generic version of the tune, that's what you have on the promo record...this happened around the time clarks added fruit punch gum to the line...1967-68 or so...IF YOU LIKE OLD COMMERCIAL JINGLES, CHECK OUT STOLFPOD.PODBEAN.COM... ---stolf; Saturday, April 10, 2010