For over 20 years, your irrepressible host Rex and his legendary Fool’s Paradise radio show on WFMU has held a grudge against the whole square world. Broadcasting from an undisclosed location in rural New Jersey in a fur-lined fall-out shelter located miles below the earth’s crust, this weekly excursion to nowhere continues to proudly play nothing but greasy grooves from inane 45s; non-hit misfires, curveballs and oddballs from the Rock & Roll era. Yes sirree, those weird and warped ones about monsters, beatniks, chickens, apes, stewed moonbeams and mosquito knees…

And now, in the tradition of free love and nickel beer, Jazzman Records has teamed up with Rex to bring together a fabulous collection of his top spins! These are the songs that, by virtue of Rex’s dogged persistence, have now achieved a kind of classic status that was surely never previously thought imaginable – The Fool’s Paradise Favourites.

1.
Premiers – Shawnee 02:28

2.
Charlie and the Bank Job – Al Katraz 02:02
3.
Jules Blattner – 500 Pound Canary 02:15
4.
The Flock Rocker – Chinese Rick n Roll 01:36
5.
Bob Strauss – Nameless 02:23
6.
Hurricane Harry – Last Meal 02:16
7.
Glenn Willings – Me Tarzan, You Jane 02:31
8.
The Bobby Borda Five – Mad 03:35
9.
Dick Summer – The Goatee’s Gotta Go 01:53
10.
Wigland – Side A Outro 01:06
11.
The Renaults – Rockin’ With Joe 02:51
12.
Wee Willie & The Soulettes – Pulp Wood Charley 01:53
13.
Billy Duke and the Dukes – Roland 02:40
14.
The Orbits – Knock Her Down 03:00
15.
Dan Kubiak – Finding You 02:03
16.
King Sid – Unh Uh Baby 01:36
17.
Arnie Ginsburg – Pal Mal Rock 02:26
18.
Sidney & Chimps – Blah 02:03
19.
Stringbeans – Stop Your Cryin’ 02:19
20.
H & A – Side B Outro 01:34