Tracklist:

Sooper Secret Set List! Cattanooga Cats Theme: Cattanooga Cats Do the Bear (Ed Sullivan Intro): Paw Rugg/Hillbilly Bears I Just Want to Touch You: Utopia The Good In Everyone: Sloan Shooting Star: Cliff Richard and the Shadows Clarence White: Rif Raf . Spend Some Time Together: Groovie Goolies Stop: Giorgio King Kong Song: ABBA Space Man: Aaron Neville Hello I Love You: Hubble Bubble Sunny Sleeps Late: Sweet . So You Want To Be A Rock 'n' Roll Star: The Byrds Ditty Diego War Chant: The Monkees Circle Sky: The Monkees Teenage Rampage: Sweet Druscilla I Dig Your Scene: Jupiter Affect . I’m A Hog For You Baby: Screaming Lord Sutch My Beatle Haircut: The Twiliters Hang On Paul: Nazz Patty Hearst: Stereo Total Shoot ‘Em Up, Baby: Andy Kim Teenage Dreamer: The Scientists . Special Segment: The K&K Carnegie Hall Conspiracy! Let Me Introduce You: Kasenetz-Katz Super Circus K&K LP live intros, side 2: Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus Little Bit of Soul: Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus . Count Dracula: Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus K&K Intro, side 1: : K&K Orchestral Circus The Sound That Rocked Carnegie Hall: K-K Singing Orchestral Circus LP outtake (Jamie Lyons, Joey Levine, Dean Kastran, Mark Gutkowski speaking) . Night Life: Elvis Presley I Want You: The Shitbirds Rebel, Rebel: Shaun Cassidy I Wanna Be Your Favorite Pair Of Pajamas: Andre Williams Allorolla Part 1: The Tartan Horde/Nick Lowe

Secret Conspiratorial Bonus Song! Live at P.J.'s: Beastie Boys Long-Suppressed Show Notes:  Our theme tonight was fake concerts, or records/songs that pipe in crowd noises over studio recordings to emulate the feel of a live audience. Think laugh tracks for LPs. . The central piece was the debut of the Kasenetz-Katz Singing Orchestral Circus on Buddah Records (1968), which was said to be recorded at Carnegie Hall and starring its bubblegum acts the Ohio Express, The 1910 Fruitgum Co, The Music Explosion, Lt. Garcia’s Magic Music Box, JCW Rat Finks, the Teri Nelson Group, The St. Louis Invisible Marching Band and the 1989 Musical Marching Zoo. . Because so much of this record is obviously “fake live” (inside the label it mentions the name of the studio it was recorded at), I have always thought the producers made this whole concert up. . I was wrong—so wrong! Carnegie Hall confirmed that the concert did indeed take place on 6/7/68. Thank you, Rob Hudson and Jami Jurich at CH! Listen to the show (or think about that date) to learn why it didn’t get a lot of media coverage. . According to a New York Times story from 6/8/68 (the day after the concert), about 2,000 people attended. Carnegie Hall has (and in 1968 had) roughly 2,800 seats, so the venue was likely more than two-thirds full. . Ultimately, I found some cool pics from the event. You can view them on our IG page at @bubblegum_OD) . I spoke to Dean Kastran, singer of the Ohio Express, who confirmed that he played the gig. Neat story: The parents of the teenaged OE members surprised them by showing up at the big NYC concert! Imagine being able to brag to the neighbors, “Yeah, well, MY kid played Carnegie Hall…” . I tried reaching the K&K media contact several times for this story, but never heard back. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO HIDE?! . Background: Some K&K “bands” heard on hit singles (like the OE’s “Yummy, Yummy, Yummy”) featured studio musicians/singers based on real bands the producers signed. The real band’s job was to tour and promote these songs. . This Carnegie Hall show was much more than a concert—it was a full-on happening for tots. Aside from the 45-piece (or so) Orchestra, the Circus featured a dancing gorilla, a dancing midget and several go-go girls.

. Dean Kastran and fellow Ohio Express member Dale Powers still occasionally play music together. They are touring with “Re-Livin’ The Dream” featuring The Cyrkle, The Outsiders and The Music Explosion this Fall and hoping to add more dates in 2020.