The Afternoon Delights were a Boston-based vocal studio quartet, including Rebecca Hall, Janet Powell, Robalee Barnes, and Suzanne Boucher. In 1981, The Afternoon Delights released the novelty song General Hospi-Tale that lyrically summarized some of the plot developments on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. The song was co-written by Harry King (who also produced) and Lisa "Lips" Tedesco, a soap updater for Medford, MA-based station Kiss 108. Hall sang the lead vocal, including the spoken word portion at the end talking about her "addiction,"noting "I just can't cope/without my soap!" Musically, meanwhile, the track was very reminiscent of Blondie's recent hit "Rapture." The song peaked at number 23 on Billboard's Hot Soul Singles chart and number 33 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Despite its modest chart placings, "General Hospi-Tale" (the single) sold 850,000 7-inch singles and 250,000 12-inch copies. This single is in Very Good Plus condition, and comes with a rockin' original record company sleeve.

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