[78-L] Alan Abel

[David Lennick]

Michael Biel wrote:
> David Lennick wrote:
>> Does the name Alan Abel mean anything to anyone? 
> 
> I have his Sina LP album about clothing naked animals.  He was noted for 
> hoaxes.

Still is..alive and well at 78 (how appropriate). He has author credits on Sam 
Ulano's "Santa And The Doodle-I-Boop" and its equally stupid flip side and is 
listed in ARLD as owner of the A-Bell label through the fifties. Buck Henry was 
his partner in some of those schemes.

dl
> 
>> Unless I'm mistaken, there's a 
>> 78RPM connection..he produced Sam Ulano's "Drum Fairy Tales" on a label called 
>> A-Bell, some of which were licensed to MGM. Seems this guy has been notorious 
>> for decades.
>> http://www.thestar.com/article/549395
>>
>> And here's the WackyPackia article:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Abel
>>
>> dl
>>   
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