Flying Saucer

I couldn't have written a better explanation for this record, so i hosed this bit from a website i found called The Horror Hop:

Dickie Goodman, a college dropout, and Bill Buchanan, an aspiring music publisher, using techniques that dated back to the golden age of radio, created a splash with a new kind of record, the "Break-in." Break-ins used pre-recorded songs at various points during the record. Buchanan and Goodman employed major hits of 1955-56 to create "Flying Saucer (Parts 1 and 2)," a reinterpretation of Orson Welles' radio program "The War of the Worlds." This new version of the story of flying saucers invading earth was far more funny than frightening. Audiences agreed, and sales of the record soared to #3 on the Billboard charts.

With limited resources and, perhaps, limited inclination, Buchanan and Goodman did not seek permission for the songs they used. With the success of "Flying Saucer" generating increased sales for all the songs used within, none of the artists chose to sue. A few music publishers did, however, leading the duo to create another break-in--again without permission--"Buchanan and Goodman on Trial."

For several years, Buchanan and Goodman continued making break-in and novelty records, sometimes together, sometimes apart. After parting ways permanently, Dickie Goodman continued making break-in records with varying degrees of success until his suicide in 1989. Bill Buchanan died of cancer in 1996.









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