Wildmania (1977) 

Track Listing - Liner Notes - Fan Reviews - Lyrics



Recorded on a budget of $500, and released in 1977, Wildmania was
Wild Man Fischer's second album after a decade-long silence on vinyl, and
his first (as well as the first) for the new Rhino Records label.
(The album was not really the "first" Rhino-affiliated release, though
- that title also belongs to Fischer for his Go
To Rhino Records promo 45.)

Recorded both in the studio and "live" at the left-field pavillion at
Dodgers' Stadium, Wildmania presents a somewhat hoarse and wearied
(although always high-spirited) Wild Man Fischer, his voice ravaged from
years of street-singing. The album features acapella studio selections,
"live" performances, and a few cuts where Fischer is backed by the suitably
amateurish "Plastic Rhino Band." Despite - or perhaps because of - its
overall roughness, Wildmania introduced Larry to a new batch of
fans, and gave him a small niche in the punk/underground movement of the
time.





Side One

My Name Is Larry

Jimmy Durante

I Light The Pilot

Josephine

Do The Wildman (fancy version) (Kowalski-Schwartz)

I'm A Truck (Kowalski-Schwartz)

Sir Larry

Who's Your Favorite Singer?

Go To Rhino Records (live version)

Handy Man (Blackwell-Jones)

Side Two

Disco In Frisco (Kowalksi-Schwartz)

Do The Wildman (and other in dances) (Kowalksi-Schwartz)

I'm Selling Peanuts For The Dodgers (Kowalski-Schwartz)

I'm The Meany

Wild Man Fischer Impersonation Contest (Kowalski-Schwartz)

Guitar Licks

What Do You Think Of Larry?

Young At Heart (Leigh-Richards)

My Name Is Larry (Reprise)

All songs written by Larry Fischer unless noted above

Rhino LP RNLP-OO1





Liner Notes

Special thanks to the Plastic Rhino Band: Don Buchannan, guitar; Joe
Stoddard, drums; Stuart Deal, bass. And to Leonard Samartino, guitar on
"Guitar Licks" and backing vocals with Sandra Samartino on "Do the Wildman."

Produced by Harold Bronson

Executive producer: Richard Foos

Engineered by Todd Schneider

Art Direction: Harold Bronson

Photos: Lester Cohen, cover and back right; Chuck Krall, back left
and center.

Illustration: Lee Bowers.

Recorded: Fall 1977 at Threshold Studios, Santa Monica. Live portions
recorded at Dodger Stadium, left field pavillion.

All selections published by Kinko Music (BMI), except Handy Man (Unart
Music, BMI) and Young at Heart (Cherio Music, BMI).