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Sunday afternoon gospel--A.T. Humphries and Lee College Choir
You want gospel music with energy? This'll fill the bill, and then some. Two anthems by the great Charles H. Gabriel, sung by the Lee College Choir, and accompanied by piano and (somewhere in there)...
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Monday night mood--Percy Faith: Music from Hollywood, Vol. II
The best kind of easy listening--namely, Percy Faith. The Song from Moulin Rouge isn't the hit single; this is an extended instrumental version, and beautifully done. The Bad and the Beautiful movie...
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Music to perk up your day--"Television Moon," and more
"I'll see your picture, my love, over here in my Television Moon.I'll dream that you're by my side--a charming, blushing bride.So make your plans, my love, for a wedding some day in June.We'll be happy...
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16 Complete Full Length All-Time Western Favorites (Tops)
Someone asked me, "Why haven't you posted 16 Complete Full Length All-Time Western Favorites?" Puzzled, I replied, "Is that one of mine?" Sure enough, it is. (I have so many of these things, I lost...
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HAPPY EASTER!!
Happy Easter! As we did last year, we have the Shannon Quartet, from 1925, singing Robert (Shall We Gather at the River) Lowry's Christ Arose, the Trinity Quartet, from 1922, singing Jesus Lives!, and...
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More Easter sounds--Make Like a Bunny, Honey; Easter Chimes; He Lives
My bobblehead bunny (from Walgreens, I think) and his two buddies asked me to dig up some more Easter music, so of course I complied.Here are six more Easter selections, including three extremely silly...
View ArticleIn 2017, auxiliary jacks are super-duper cutting-edge high-tech...
In case you didn't know that. Some would argue that auxiliary (AUX) jacks are 1930s technology, but we have a 2017 Chevy Impala with a state of the art entertainment console/module/something, and the...
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Kostelanetz, to date
While I'm wigging out over my Impala's unreliable AUX function, here are the links to all of my active Andre Kostelanetz posts:Kosty Speaks! The Voice Behind the Baton: Kosty SpeaksTen-inch Kosty:...
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Society Favorites that are our favorites (Royale VLP 6042)
More adventures in cheap vinyl. Today, the Royale label is making another appearance--Royale, you'll recall, belonged to Elliott Everett "Eli" Oberstein, whose labels were probably the cheapest of the...
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Whittemore and Lowe--"Pop Hits on Two Pianos," plus bonus tracks
The 1959 RCA Camden LP, Pop Hits on Two Pianos (above), reissues nine of the ten tracks from the 1946 Whittemore and Lowe 78 set Two Grand. which RCA had the duo pianists redo, under the same title, in...
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Cheap label country of the 1950s
And we mean cheap. How cheap, you ask? Record Pak-cheap, that's how cheap. Plus, Tops-, Allegro-, and Variety-cheap. These are the pop and country labels you ended up with if you weren't willing or...
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Dance It Again with Me--Acoustical gems (1903-1920)!
Acoustical gems, spanning the years 1903 to 1920. A number have been featured here before, but not sounding as good, because 1) I'm using Vinylstudio and 2) I'm using a bass turnover of 0 Hz and a...
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Memorial Day 2017
I can no longer use Zippyshare--I try to upload, and nothing happens. I imagine it's our sick and sorry excuse for internet service (the joke known as Windstream DSL). So Box.net my uploads will have...
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Memorial Day 2017, Part 2
Two more selections for today, and I'll try not to complain about Windstream in this post, especially considering the fact that Zippyshare is now, for some reason, working.I have no idea how I got it...
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Mingo presents... Fourth of July, 2017!!
Mingo's eyes were operated on two weeks ago, and they're doing way better. The way I understand it (and I may be wrong) is that all three of Mingo's eyelids--upper, lower, and inner--were turned the...
View ArticleGreetings! Still here
Just to let everyone know I'm still among the living. More specifically, among the tired. I'm having major sleep issues, but they're slowly working themselves out with the help of prescription...
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The soothing concert sounds of Paul Whiteman, featuring Ferde Grofe and Jack...
Before I forget, and for those who don't already know, it's Christmas in July time at Ernie (Not Bert). (Wait, it's August! Boy, is Ernie dedicated!) Everyone is wondering how Ernie does it, and...
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A Little Close Harmony--Vintage Barbershop (1906-1926)
Wow--I didn't realize I'd been absent from this blog for two months. I'd have guessed one, not two. Time flies when you're ill, I guess. My apologies.Today, 17 vintage barbershop recordings, all (as...
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Halloween 2016 is back!!!
Greetings! It's almost Halloween, and I've been too ill to post any scary stuff for the holiday (unless you find barbershop frightening), but... looks like my 2016 posts are still up and running! I...
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