The great Gaylord Fields and Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus swing at the 45th WHAM-O WATUSI!

Gaylord Fields is a DJ on radio station WFMU, which comes at the New York City area via its studio in Jersey City, New Jersey. He has been on the radio there for nearly 20 years. His show can be hectic, eclectic and seductive. He has been a guest DJ at Subway Soul Club, the Wang Dang Doodle, Twist All Night, The Dynagroove and various other reet music nights in town. Also, he is an avid collector of 45 RPM records. Thus he was the perfect choice to be the guest DJ for the 45th WHAM-O WATUSI, which was held on October 12 at the Bootleg Bar in beautiful downtown Bushwick, Brooklyn.

Gaylord Fields gets ready to spin another boss record at the WHAM-O WATUSI!

When WHAM-O’s host Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus first moved to New York City, more than twenty five years ago, Mr. Fields was one of the first people he met. They often found themselves at the same music shows and had many friends in common. It was with this history behind them that the two record selectors gassed each other all night long, playing boss record after boss record.

The Bootleg Bar Ghoul is in the house all October!

Boss records is what the WHAM-O WATUSI is all about. Nearly every record aired at the WHAM is of the seven-inch size; 99% of them spin at 45 RPM (there is an odd 33 1/3 from time to time, usually made in Brazil or a jukebox EP). For the 45th WHAM-O, all were spun at 45 revolutions per minute.

Gaylord Fields holds court with his friends as he rests between sets at the WHAM-O WATUSI!

Adding to the festivities were the delicious no-cook, oatmeal-peanutbutter-chocolate cookies and spicy vegan brownies made by Miss Nancy Gardner–who, alas, was absent from the scene. But several of our friends were on hand to eat them, and at the end of the night, Mr. Vacation took a big container of the leftovers home!

Miss Nancy made some yummy treats for the WHAM-O WATUSI!

Here’s a list of all the records played by Phast Phreddie the Boogaloo Omnibus at the WHAM-O WATUSI:

• Jimmie McDaniels–Cat Walk (Dot)
• Duane Eddy and the Rebels–Trash (Colpix)
• Quintet Plus–Shop Around (SVR)
• Tommy Panto and the Marveleers–Diamond Back (The Charles)
• Pat and the Satellites–Jupiter-C (Atco)
• The Cool Tones–Ginchy (Warwick)
• Moe Koffman Quartet–Koko-Mamey (Jubilee)
• Rune Overman with the Seven Walloff Orch.–Madison Piano (Parkway)
• Oliveira Trio–O Justiceiro (Knight Rider Theme) (Discos Dinamite!; Portugal)
• The Spotnicks–Space Creature (Polydor; Japan)
• Gene Summers–Green Eyed Monster (Mercury)
• The Pacestters–At A Go-Go (Galiko)
• Lee Bates–Simon Says (Instant)
• The Fabulous Emotions–Funky Chicken (Nico)
• Zoot Money–The Uncle Willie (Decca; UK)
• Little Freddie & the Gents–Push-Kick-Shout (Showcase)
• Tommy Boyce–Let’s Go Where the Action Is (Colpix)
• Chubby Checker–Hey You! Little Boo-Ga-Loo (Parkway)
• Tico & the Triumphs–Wild Flower (Amy)
• Hank Ballard and His Midnighters–Unwind Yourself (King)
• The Dovells–Dance the Froog (Parkway)
• Rocky Roberts e Os Airedales–Can I Get a Witness (Barclay; Portugal)
• The Magnificent (7)–Stubborn Kind of Fellow (Lemco)
• The Marvelettes–He’s A Good Guy (Yes He Is) (Tamla)
• Clea Bradford–My Love’s A Monster (Cadet)
• Cookie Jackson with the Flares–I Didn’t Lose a Doggone Thing (Press)
• The Delancey’s–The Scratch (ABC-Paramount)
• Delroy Wilson–So Long Baby (Clocktower)
• Willie Bobo–The Hip Monkey (Roulette)
• The Dynamites–Midsummer Night Zoo (Victor; Japan)
• Les Sunlights–Gadget Suspect (Disc a-Z; France)
• Los Bravos–Cutting Out (Barclay; France)
• The Loons–Blue Ether (Dirty Water; UK)
• The Remains–Why Do I Cry (Epic)
• Winston G–Cloud Nine (Warner Bros.)
• John Fred & His Playboy Band–Little Dum Dum (Paula)
• Bobby Summers–Back Beat (Capitol)
• Monique Thubert–Avec Les Oreilles (Barclay; Canada)
• Don Duggan & the Savoys–Let Her Dance (Pye; UK)
• Nanette–Peint En Noir (CanUSA; Canada)
• The Carnabeats–好きさ好きさ好きさ (Philips; Japan)
• Little Tony–I’m Coming Home (Warner Bros.)
• The Eyes of Blue–Supermarket Full of Cans (Deram)
• Gary Walker–Santa’s Got a Brand New Bag (Jin)
• Crash Craddock–I Want That (Columbia)
• The Fortune Tellers–Just a Little Bit of Your Love (Sheryl)
• Gene Burks–You Got It (Calla)
• Los Moustros–Mi Traje Nuevo (Chez Nobody; Mexico)
• Terry & the Bunnys–Test Driver (King; Japan)
• The Soul-Men–Road House (Lola)
• Howie Casey and the Seniors with Freddy Fowell and Derry Wilkie–Double Twist (Fontana; UK)
• Jerry Davis–The Big Toe – Part 1 (Imperial)
• The Flares–The Monkey Walk (Press)
• The Channels–Yo-Yo (Mas-Ter)
• George Jackson and the Unisons–Miss Frankenstein (Lescay)
• Barbara Lynn–Club A-Go-Go (Tribe)
• The Electras–The Stomp (Infinity)
• The Corsairs–At the Stroke of Midnight (Tuff/Chess)
• The Edsels–Let’s Go (Ember)
• Bed of Roses–Hate (Deltron)
• Alex & Los Findes–Tuvimos Que Dejar Este Lugar (Discophon; Spain)
• The Easybeats–She’s So Fine (Parlophone; Australia)
• The Golden Cups–Love Is My Life (Capitol; Japan)
• The Surfrajettes–Partly Line (Hi-Tide)
• Love–My Little Red Book (Elektra)
• Brook Benton–Crinoline Skirt (Vik)
• Emy Jackson and Blue Comets–You Don’t Know Baby (CBS; Japan)
• Wanda Jackson–You Bug Me Bad (Capitol)
• Rick Nelson–Thank You Darlin’ (Imperial)
• The Smiley Brothers–Do the ‘Brush’ (Doctor Shiny-Teeth)
• Barbara Lynn–Oh! Baby (We Got a Good Thing Goin’) (Jamie)
• Les Gottamou avec la participation de: Nino Ferrer–Le Monkiss de la Police [from the EP Dansez Le Monkiss] (Riviera; France)
• Googie René–The Slide (Rendezvous)

None of these records are for sale. Some of the titles above have links to the youtubes in order for the reader to become more acquainted with the WHAM-O WATUSI scene.