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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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Fab forgeries, Part 4! Peggy Lee, Ella Fitzgerald, The Lettermen, The Lennon...
Can't beat the line-up for this post: The Lennon Sisters, Peggy Lee, The Lettermen, The Electric Scoundrals, The Harmonicats, Terry Baxter (the legendary), Boots Randolph, Ferrante and Teicher... And...
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Fab Forgeries, Part 5! Patti Page, Jerry Vale, Frankie Carle, The Moog...
Frankie Carle, Bert Kaempfert, Ray Conniff, The Cowsills, Kate Smith, Jerry Vale, and the Lettermen are among our Beatles-cover artists today. And a shout-out to...
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Fab Forgeries, Pt. 6!! "Hard Day's Night"-athon; Big-band Beatles, The...
Some big-band Beatles in the mix, courtesy of Enoch Light, Lawrence Welk, Sammy Kaye, and Buddy Morrow, and no fewer than five covers of A Hard Day's Night, courtesy of Enoch, The Kingsmen, Johnny...
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