Oliver Cool - The Scream

Staying with the Screaming theme we now move on to The Scream by Oliver Cool.

 1960's beat poet Rod Mckuen recorded many spoken word records under his own name but also recorded under several pseudonyms including McFadden & Dor (Rod), Oliver Twist and Oliver Cool.  McFaddden & Dor recorded a hilarious novelty LP Songs Our Mummy Taught Us spoofing classic horror films.  McKuen recorded another novelty LP in 1962 as Oliver Twist on the Spiral record label which spoofed the countless twist songs that were flooding the market at the time.  The Theory is that people have confused Oliver Twist with Oliver Cool both released the same year.




The Scream was released in November 1962 on the Brand record label written by Jerry Capehart and presumed to feature Glen Campbell on guitar.  Some believe that Eddie Cochran played guitar on this session instead since the song sounded eerily similar to Cochran's own song "The Scream but there is no historical proof to support that theory.




However, When I tried to upload the song to Soundcloud to embed in this website I received this strange message that definitely caused me to re-consider my earlier belief about Glen Campbell playing on the session:

 "It looks Like your track "Oliver Cool - The Scream" might contain or be a copy of "The Scream" by Eddie Cochran, which is owned by TP4 Music in certain territories.  As A result, your track has been removed from your profile for the time being"

 In 2006 McKuen refuted the claim he is Oliver Cool on his own blog but I'm still not convinced.  If it's true then who the hell is Oliver Cool?



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