''Let's Make a New Dope Deal'' is a
1980
Events January
* January 4 – U.S. President Jimmy Carter proclaims a United States grain embargo against the Soviet Union, grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission.
* January 6 – Global Positioning Syst ...
comedy
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album recorded by
Cheech & Chong
Cheech & Chong are a comedy duo consisting of Cheech Marin and Tommy Chong. The duo found commercial and cultural success in the 1970s and 1980s with their stand-up routines, studio recordings, and feature films, which were based on the hippie ...
.
Originally released on
LP,
8-track and
cassette in 1980, the long out-of-print album was finally released on
CD on November 15, 2005, along with another long-awaited out-of-print (since the early 1990s) album, ''
Sleeping Beauty
''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess ...
''. It was their first project created without the involvement of
Lou Adler
Lester Louis Adler (born December 13, 1933) is an American record and film producer and the co-owner of the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California. Adler has produced and developed a number of iconic musical artists, including The Grass Ro ...
or his company
Ode
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.
A single for "Bloat On", a parody of "
Float On" by R&B group
The Floaters
The Floaters were an American R&B vocal group, from the Sojourner Truth housing projects in Detroit, Michigan, that formed in 1976. The group are best known for their 1977 song " Float On", which reached No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, No ...
was released with a non-album B-side entitled "Just Say 'Right On'" with a picture sleeve depicting animated overweight versions of Cheech and Chong. The rest of the album may have been recorded shortly before filming began for ''
Up In Smoke'', with then-current references to Peter Frampton, punk rock, and ''
Star Wars
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'' noticeable during some of the routines.
Track listing
References
1980 albums
Cheech & Chong albums
Warner Records albums
1980s comedy albums
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