Lauren Weinstein on Nostr: I still have this LP. When I was a teenager, one of my hobbies was building telephone ...

I still have this LP. When I was a teenager, one of my hobbies was building telephone answering machines (this ties in with my association at the time with the infamous last listing in the Los Angeles telephone directory, ZZZZZZ, of which I've written about in other venues previously). Anyway, I used the track "Whipped Cream" as my backing for my outgoing voice announcement. Answer, wait past the opening percussions and then, "Nobody is available right now to take your call. You can leave a message when you hear the tone signal. Please be sure that you speak loudly, slowly, and clearly, so that we'll be sure to receive your message. Thank you for calling!" I still use a variation of that script, but with a different backing these days. Whipped Cream of course was the track that "The Dating Game" used to introduce the female contestants. By the way, I've heard Herb did not initially care for that cover.

One of the other guys at ZZZZZZ used a different announcement on his machine:

"A summer breeze may kiss the sky ...
The bees may kiss the butterflies ...
Ruby lips may kiss a glass ...
And YOU my friend may ... leave a message at the tone."