The Queen is in the Closet LP (1964, Camp Records)

The Queen is in the Closet LP. 1964 12” Vinyl Record. Camp Records, LP-3455. Vinyl and cover are in very nice condition.

An obscure private pressing LP with uncredited cover artwork by Andy Warhol. The first full LP by the queer novelty label Camp Records, out of Hollywood. The record compiles previously released singles and B-sides, along with two new songs, all of which are by transparently humorous and pseudonymous bylines. Though the album itself is without any credits, the previous singles credit the songs to Byrd E. Bath, The Gay Blades, Max Minty, and Rodney Dangerfield. The tracks parody gay subculture from within its own context, often riffing on classic songs while utilizing queer slang, along with transparent and generic homoeroticism: "Bring back the cream of those balls, balls, balls;" "Oh fanny boy, I know that you are younger, just 20 years and I am 40 more. If you had known about my burning hunger you would’ve stayed and not walked out the door." The records were advertised as "racy. ribald. madly gay…way out!" in Drum, Vagabond, and One, the first American openly gay publication.

Side 1:
1. The Week End of a Hairdresser
2. L’il Liza Mike
3. A Naughty-Cal Tale
4. I’m So Wet
5. What Can the Matter Be?

Side 2:
1. A Bar is a Bar is a Bar
2. Good Old Fashioned Balls
3. Florence of Arabia
4. London Derrierre
5. Down on the River Drive