''Illegal, Immoral and Fattening'' is a 1975

comedy rock Comedy rock is a genre of rock music that is Comedy music, comedic in nature. It is often mixed with satirical music, satire or irony.V. Bogdanov, C. Woodstra and S. T. Erlewine, ''All music guide to rock: the definitive guide to rock, pop, and ...

album recorded by

Howard Kaylan Howard Kaylan (born Howard Lawrence Kaplan; June 22, 1947) is an American retired musician and songwriter, who was a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s rock band The Turtles, and, with bandmate and friend Mark Volman, a member of the 1 ...

("Eddie") and

Mark Volman Mark Randall Volman (born April 19, 1947) is an American vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter, best known as a founding member of the 1960s rock band The Turtles, and, along with his bandmate and friend Howard Kaylan, a member of the 1970s rock ...

("Flo"). A majority of the album comes from live recordings, including three songs that first appeared in the 1974 film ''

Down and Dirty Duck ''Down and Dirty Duck'', first shown under the abbreviated titles ''Cheap!'' and ''Dirty Duck'', is a 1974 American adult animated comedy film written and directed by Charles Swenson and starring Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (Flo & Eddie) as ...

.'' ''Illegal, Immoral and Fattening'' and '' Moving Targets'' were reissued on a single

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in 2007 by Acadia Records.

Track listing

Side one

#"Illegal, Immoral and Fattening" (Kaylan, Volman) - 3:11 #"Rebecca" (Albert Hammond, Michael Hazlewood) - 2:41 #"

Kama Sutra The ''Kama Sutra'' (; , , ; ) is an ancient Indian Hindu Sanskrit text on sexuality, eroticism and emotional fulfillment. Attributed to Vātsyāyana, the ''Kamasutra'' is neither exclusively nor predominantly a sex manual on sex positions ...

Time" (Kaylan, Volman,

Jim Pons Jim Pons (born March 14, 1943) is an American bassist, author, singer, and video director who most notably played for the Leaves (1964–1967), the Turtles (1967–1970), and the Mothers of Invention (1970–1971), and Flo & Eddie (1971-1973). A ...

) - 6:40 #"The Sanzini Brothers Return (With The Tibetan Memory Trick)" (Kaylan, Volman,

Ian Underwood Ian Robertson Underwood (born May 22, 1939) is a woodwind and keyboards player, known as a member of the original version of Frank Zappa's band the Mothers of Invention. Following the original band's split in late 1969, Underwood continued to w ...

) - 2:50 #"Livin' in The Jungle" (Kaylan, Volman) - 3:40 'The Sanzini Brothers' is a reference to the days with

Frank Zappa Frank Vincent Zappa (December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American guitarist, composer, and bandleader. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed Rock music, rock, Pop music, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestra ...

: see ''

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Side two

#"Cheap" (Kaylan, Volman) - 2:40 #"The Kung Fu Killer" (Kaylan, Volman) - 3:00 #"Eddie Are You Kidding?" (Volman, Kaylan,

John Seiter John Seiter (born August 17, 1944) is an American musician. He is best known for his work as a drummer for Spanky and Our Gang and The Turtles. Biography Seiter first rose to prominence as a member of the pop group Spanky and Our Gang. He join ...

) - 2:22 #"The Pop Star Massage Unit" (Kaylan, Volman) - 4:56 #"Let Me Make Love To You" (Kaylan, Volman) - 2:20 #"

There's No Business Like Show Business "There's No Business Like Show Business" is an Irving Berlin song, written for the 1946 musical '' Annie Get Your Gun'' and orchestrated by Ted Royal. The song, a slightly tongue-in-cheek salute to the glamour and excitement of a life in show ...

" (

Irving Berlin Irving Berlin (born Israel Isidore Beilin; May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was a Russian-born American composer and songwriter. His music forms a large part of the Great American Songbook. Berlin received numerous honors including an Acade ...

) - 3:40 "Eddie Are You Kidding?" is a cover of a song they did with

: see ''

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Personnel

*Howard Kaylan - lead vocals *Mark Volman - vocals, guitar *Phil Reed - lead guitar *

Erik Scott Erik Scott (January 17, 1948 – October 11, 2019) was an American bassist, record producer, and songwriter. Scott played bass for the band Flo & Eddie in the 1970s as well as Alice Cooper in the early 1980s, for whom he also produced. In the 199 ...

- bass *Andy Cahan - keyboards *

Craig Krampf Craig Krampf (born October 22, 1954) is an American drummer, percussionist, arranger, record producer and songwriter. The majority of his notable credits are as a studio drummer. Since the 1970s, he has played on albums by other artists ranging f ...

- drums * Danny Kootch - guitar on "Let Me Make Love To You" *

Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. He rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coalesced into a group in its own right, The Section, which supported so many of Asylu ...

- bass on "Let Me Make Love To You" *

- keyboards on "Let Me Make Love To You" *

Aynsley Dunbar Aynsley Thomas Dunbar (born 10 January 1946) is an English drummer. He has worked with John Mayall, Frank Zappa, Jeff Beck, Journey, Jefferson Starship, Nils Lofgren, Eric Burdon, Shuggie Otis, Ian Hunter, Lou Reed, David Bowie, Mick Ron ...

- drums on "Let Me Make Love To You"

References

Albums produced by Joe Wissert Flo & Eddie albums 1975 live albums Columbia Records live albums Comedy rock albums 1970s comedy albums {{comedy-album-stub