David Seville - "Almost Good"

Record from 1958. Flip side of "The Chipmunk Song"

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Music

Tags:

• David-Seville
• almost-good
• 45rpm

[rslitman]

I had this single as a child and remember turning it over and playing this song. I also had "Alvin's Harmonica" and remember playing the flip side, "Mediocre".

[VinylNostalgia]

"Alvin's Harmonica" is one 45 I still need to add to my collection. I have it on my original album from 1958 which you see in the chipmunks songs I have on my channel.

[Joogenman1]

I still have this 45 and a great old jukebox to play it on!! Great music from back in the day!!

[smithsonsofok]

He's wrong. That IS good!

[JBBoy895]

I played this B side more than the A.Wonderful piece of music.

[zonate8811]

I got this 45 in 1958 when I was 5 years old. I played the flip side over and over when I was little. This is actually the tune that got me fascinated with jazz. In high school I figured it out on the piano one day and even now still get a kick out this corny little blues number. I still have the record too. It's cracked from the center to the edge, but if you're careful you can line it up just right and it plays. Thanks to YouTube I now have a good digital copy in iTunes.

[MrCuckooclock]

i too owned a copy of tis record, but unfortunately I sold it along with the rest of my 45's vinyl collection roughly 6 yrs. ago. son of a bitch, what a good song it, and everything else in that fucking collection was, for the most part, but I had no longer had my turntable, and couldn't play them!!!!!!!!!

[jf29bmd]

I believe Ross Bagdasarian has never been given credit for being an outstanding arranger/writer and piano player. This song should be proof of how great at all 3 aspects he was. Sad how few songs that were on the flip sides of the Chipmunks' singles got any air play, and are now even harder to find. Brenda

[michaelhynes]

This piece has a 'dark' quality that completely captivated me as a very small kid ... used to put this on and dance like crazy around the living room. I thought Seville was a maniac when I heard him laugh ... loved this a lot more than the "A" side, which was just "kid-stuff" ... it's kind of odd that they would put this on the back of "The Christmas Song", but then maybe they knew that some of us needed something a little wilder ...

[TEMPmichaelhansen]

yes!

[bluesdca]

First time I have heard this song since 1962. I had this single and thought the B side was weird. I was only 6 years old.

[Pantherboy2]

One of the most amazing B-sides of all time!