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Lee at the organ--Hymns for Sunday
Or any day. I don't stand on ceremony.The organ pictured above is the one I used to record these. No, wait--that was a typo. I meant, the organ above is not the one I used to record these. Sorry....
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Latest thrift trip
My latest thrift trip (say that 50 times) had me bringing home a decent amount of vinyl--and the bill was way low. It was the local St. Vincent de Paul thrift store, and I was going to go right back...
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Moods for Pleasure Time--Royale Concert Orch. (Allegro-Royale 1506)
Gilmarvinyl asked if I have any background or showtune albums on the Eli Oberstein budget labels, and yes, I do. This is one of them--and it's terrific. Even the recording quality is mostly quite...
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Best one yet
My next-to-latest comment from Jupiter was a classic (and a two-fer--two whacked-out texts joined together), and I was going to put it up, but then this one arrived:It's perffect timme to makee a few...
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Eli Oberstein returns! Music of South Pacific and Oklahoma (Rondo ST 536; 1958)
Soooo... My disc has the yellow label, so this pressing is from Eli Oberstein's time as owner of Rondo. Now we know. This was a thrift find, and it's in halfway decent shape, with most of the issues...
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Rhapsody 21 (1962)--Paul Whiteman, w. Sondra Bianca, Pianist
Buster and I were wondering who Suzanne Auber is (she's still with us at the age of 87!), and I got Google-lucky and found out that "Suzanne Auber" was one of a number of budget-label pseudonyms for...
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Family Library of Recorded Music 1044--Six-selection EP (probably 1953)
I know nearly nothing about the Family Library of Recorded Music label, except that this R&B vocal group recorded for it (on another issue), and that it had very cool picture sleeves. I don't have...
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Rock 'n Roll--Promenade RR 21 and 22 (with the Promenade Orch. and Chorus)
Promenade couldn't make up its mind. This two-EP release was titled Rock 'n Roll, whereas the following two-EP release was titled Rock n' Roll. So I guess their budget only allowed for one...
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For Buster--"Keep a Knockin'"--Rufus Brown (Gateway Top Tune 1230; 1957)
Little Bobby/Boobie's excellent, energetic Keep a Knockin' (fake version of Little Richard's hit) is credited here to Rufus Brown with Billie Driscoll's Orch., and the echo gives it more more energy...
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Paul Whiteman--1925-1928: Electrical "Whispering," more!
Buster, at Big 10-Inch Record, just put up ten Paul Whiteman tracks, providing me with an excuse to put up some of the 150 or so Whiteman 78 sides I ripped last year. Here are twenty of them, nearly...
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Sixteen Hits a Poppin' (Promenade EP set)
I hear the hits a poppin'--they're rollin''round the bend, And I ain't heard the real sides, Since I don't know when. But the blog is stuck on fake hits, the tracks keep pilin' on. But this is not a...
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George Gershwin Melodies, and Other Popular Favorites (Plymouth P12-67)
If you're looking for high-end audio, you picked the wrong post. This is a very enjoyable LP, but the recording quality is atrocious, at least on Side A, where the vocals and vocal backing take turns...
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Hits of To-day (Mini the Little LP 603)
I know nothing about Mini the Little LP, as it's called on the label, but I'm pretty sure it was a U.K. release, since I Wanna Be Your Man is a copy of the Rolling Stones version, which was a hit in...
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Fake hits from the sixties, Part One!!
We start our sixties fake hits series with 34 faux fab four tracks in two zip files. I ripped these from budget labels like Song Hits and Hit Parader (EPs named, naturally, after Charlton...
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Paul Whiteman, Part Two! 1920-1927
Buster, at Big 10-Inch Record, inspired my last Paul Whtieman post, so I guess it's fair to say he inspired this one, too. Logically consistent, anyway. And I need to do something with the 100-plus...
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Paul Whiteman, Part Three!!--1920-1933
Lots more brilliant arranging in this installment, with head Whiteman arranger Ferde Grofe well represented. A word about the next to last track, Pretty Lips--or several words, maybe. We often read...
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78s for late Octorber--Maple Leaf Rag, Rainy Day Blues, Egyptian Dancer, more!
Who is notorious for being glorious? Lila, of course. Lila was one of my favorite dance band records from my young days, which is the only reason I know the answer.Some new 78s--new to my collection,...
View ArticleHitting the nail upon the top without having side effect
I don't know what to say. This isn't even the weirdest of the latest spam messages. Mind you, these aren't spam comments in the conventional sense. That is, no code (far as I know), no links, no...
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Paul Whiteman, Part Four! (1921-1931)
In this Paul Whiteman-athon, a number of famous songsmiths: George Gershwin (I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise, Do It Again!), Irving Berlin (Lazy, What'll I Do), Rudolf Friml (March of the...
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George Gershwin, Fred and Adele Astaire--"Fascinating Rhythm," The Half of It...
This 78 was recorded in the UK in 1926, and it features George Gershwin plus Fred and Adele Astaire in two selections from Gershwin's Lady Be Good. I was thrilled to find this copy in Scotland circa...
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