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Parade Christmas Sampler
=Well, if I have to check online to see my comments, no problem. Meanwhile, in addition to sending me that weird message (that I had somehow, in some neighboring multiverse, disabled comment...
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A single which merits its own post, and with a three-paragraph backstory
DOWNLOAD: Bob Ellis 1955.zip--Santa Claus (Bob Ellis) and Bob Ellis Jr., Elector Records MC-1000-45; 1955.And, wow! Blogger is now allowing the post-search function. There's hope for us...
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Carol of the Little Drummer Boy (repost from 2021)
At the moment, I'm doing a re-rip which has proved to be a tremendous sound-editing challenge. Had I known ahead of time what I was in for, I'm not sure what I'd have done with the four 45-rpm EPs....
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A Christmas without Line Material... cannot be allowed. A re-re-re-repost.
1949 sleeve (above) and disc (below)My latest re-re-re-repost of these marvelous sides, which are quite probably the best company-giveaway holiday singles of all time. (That should be a Grammy...
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"Christmas Favorites," from Promenade. Or, what do MINT SPC pressings sound...
This is complicated. This four-EP Promenade set, wherein most of the sides are titled Christmas Favorites, is a fascinating hodgepodge of Lord-knows-what-source-LP-or-EP-set selections, with Santa...
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Christmas in one key: "Original Music Box Favorites, Volume Two" (Pickwick,...
A pleasant group of holiday numbers played on a Regina Style 50 Music Box--from vintage music-box discs, we can assume. And the fidelity is amazing, and not just for Pickwick--this may have been...
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Merry Christmas to All: New High Fidelity recordings of popular Christmas...
"New High Fidelity recordings," claims Audition (Waldorf). Well, that depends on our reading of "new." In fact, all but one of these tracks originally appeared on two 1955 ten-inchers-Christmas...
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From 2020: A Pickwick, SPC, and Spear Records Christmas!
So, before I could ask, "What else can go wrong?" my main desktop PC (the one set up for track-ripping, editing, etc.) conked out--and it's currently at Best Buy, getting fixed. Well, I hope, anyway....
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The One Horse Open Sleigh (James Pierpont)--repost from 2011
Christmas Eve, and no word from Best Buy, which is allegedly transferring data from my deceased PC (the motherboard is "crap," said the tech) to my new laptop. I'm currently on an ancient Lenovo (c....
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Back to the blog!
And what a journey it has been. It started with the sudden demise of my HP laptop in the midst of Christmas blogging. Then, the challenge of a new laptop (a lovely Samsung Galaxy, on sale, and minus...
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Top Six--The Teenagers (sic) Choice: Beatlemania (1964)
A return post from 2020. Its link still works, and I recall that the audio quality is quite good, considering the much-played condition of the U.K. vinyl. By now, I've probably heard 80 percent of the...
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(Tracks from) The Unforgettable Years, Young and Warm and Wonderful (1968, 1974)
This is an augmented 2020 repost (I added three more numbers) featuring six selections from the 1974 J.C. Penney box set, The Unforgettable Years (specifically, the "Dance Time Discotheque"...
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1974 and Windows 11
I'm about to post a wonderful LP. But first I want to note that I fully agree with musicman1979 and Ernie (and based, in part, on the former's notes re CSP label designs) that, in all probability,...
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Downbeat didn't "make this" at all, man. "Original Dixieland Jazz in Hi-Fi"...
Back in 1957, Downbeat reviewer "D.C." wrote, "This was a monumental labor of love, but for the life of me, I can’t see the point at all." Um, did he not read the title--"Original Dixieland Jazz in...
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Various artists for March, 2025--Vic Damone, Ray Ellis, Bobby Vinton, Tom...
Seventeen tracks, ripped from both stereo and mono LPs, with (alas) no provision for a stereo-to-mono change for individual tracks. Hence, the mono tracks aren't channel-summed, but life can be like...
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Rockin' Rollin' and Strollin' (1958)--Bob Bain and His Music, with the Jack...
From 1958, a very interesting--and surprisingly good!--LP by guitarist Bob Bain, who had worked with Bob Crosby, Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, and Nelson Riddle. Naturally, he took easily to...
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Tubby Chess and His Candy Stripe Twisters Do "The Twist" (Grand Prix...
A re-up, by request, from Aug. 22, 2022. I've revived most of the original text:Today's budget twist-ploitation offering is a surprisingly entertaining Grand Prix (Pickwick) LP by Tubby Chess and His...
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Johnny Douglas and His Orchestra: "Dance Party Discotheque" (RCA Camden...
Not quite what I expected, but after a little research, it seems to me that British discotheques of the 1960s--or even the U.S. kind--might have provided music which potentially could have appealed...
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Shellac Attack for April, 2025! Victor Military Band, Paul Whiteman, Blue...
The thing I love most about this kind of post is that any number of typos are possible. It helps make music blogging an exciting adventure...This is a set that I carefully ripped with my VinylStudio...
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Happy Easter, 2025 (actually, 2024)!
I decided I can't improve on last year's playlist, so...Happy Easter!DOWNLOAD: Easter 2025 (Please ignore the "2024" on the zip title...)Peter Cotton Tail--Meadowlarks (Irene Records)Old Rugged...
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Three Shades of Blue; Mississippi Suite (Grofe): Paul Whiteman and His...
From the original 78s (are there any other kind?), the premiere recording (from 1927) of "Ferdie" Grofe's charming Three Shades of Blue, written in 1927 and recorded in 1928. Plus, Grofe's "other"...
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(Fake) Village Stompers, Roger Williams, Billy Vaughn, The Ventures, Reg...
Given the loving care that Diplomat (Synthetic Plastics Co.) devoted to the cover design, it's obvious that huge sales were anticipated. I mean, every detail spells "excitement," from the barely...
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Sunday afternoon gospel--on Monday: Sacred Shellac for May, 2025, 1906-1929
Gospel quartet gold, from 1905 to 1929 (including three selections from Columbia's "country" series). And the years provided are not guaranteed to be correct, given that 1) DAHR's servers have been...
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Fab forgeries! Forty Beatles tunes not by the Beatles: Peter Knight, David...
Forty (!) Beatles covers: Some good, some okay, some "Ouch!" Or just plain strange, like The Johnny Mann Singes'She Loves You (which sounds like a multi-tracked Lurch), Tennessee Ernie Ford's...
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Fab Forgeries, Part 3! Wayne Newton, Liberace, Brenda Lee, Ray Stevens, Jim...
Well, Percy and Paul and Andre will show up in our next playlist, but for today, these other fun cover versions...First off, Lee Castle's rockin', big-band-style Birthday--a priceless rendition from a...
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