St. Luke
A special little treat from you here, again from crusty old 10" records spinning at 78 RPM. What you are looking at is what many record historians regard as the first true Christmas album. This...
View ArticleLove That Lenny
I was looking around for something to remaster and post tonight, when I came across this classic LP from Lenny Dee. And I thought, who wants to hear a boring old rehash when I can bring you something...
View ArticleChristmas Is Cancelled!
Well, for the time being anyhow. Transformer next door is blown. Fire is burning. Power has been turned off to the whole neighborhood. Running on batteries for now, but who knows for how long....
View ArticleHoliday In Hawaii
Hooray! The power is back on. Not as much time as I would like to get posts up tonight, but at least I can get something up. So I've got this great record of instrumental holiday tunes played in a...
View ArticleSoul Food
This is another one of those records that should already be in your collection, but I was very excited to recently add a hard copy to my collection. And when I get a hard copy of something, I rip it...
View ArticleHoliday Harmony
Tonight, a little something from the budget department of Columbia Records. I'm not sure what even possessed me to buy this, given the out-of-focus cover picture and the horrible condition of the...
View ArticleRe-Bells
The return of a share from way, way back in 2006, one of those things I bought just for the album cover, but it turned out to be a nice collection of tunes performed on bells with an organ. Maybe you...
View ArticleIn The Navy (With Danny)
In a more perfect world, I'd plan these shares out much better. I'd have everything done and ready to go when Thanksgiving rolled around, I'd be able to get out and enjoy more of the holiday instead...
View ArticleShifting Gears
And now for something completely different. How about some country gospel? I just love throwing something up that's totally out of left field. Well, maybe not left field, but certainly out of...
View ArticleSusie & Allie & Tammy
Did you like my Little Marcy share from earlier in the season? Well, guess what? I've got some more in the same vein as that one, only this time, instead of a doll on strings, we've got a couple of...
View ArticleHi-Fi!
I've been skipping out on the remasters lately, since I've only got so much time left, but I wanted to throw something up tonight while I'm waiting on some files to transfer. I really should find a...
View ArticleChristmas In Tijuana!
What a great Christmas record! For the past few weeks, I've been listening to Christmas music pretty much non-stop, and several times a track from this record has popped up and I've had to stop to see...
View ArticlePaul The First
Some surprisingly spry and sprite songs here from a man best know as an organist. Or at least best known to me that way. I put this record on the turntable not expecting too much, but came away quite...
View ArticlePaul The Second
And now, the LP that made me think Paul Mickelson albums weren't going to be all that exciting. That's because this one isn't all that exciting. It came out two years before that one I shared...
View ArticleO Happy Day
From the guy that brought you the famous version of O Happy Day, here's a little bit of gospel Christmas.I don't know too much about this, but it's from pretty late in the game (1985), so I was a...
View ArticleSing Along
Odd concept here... Instead of people singing along to a normal piano, it's people singing along to a player piano! So does that make it the karaoke of it's day? I mean, canned music is canned music,...
View ArticleMary Christmas
For this Christmas Day, I wanted to give you a little more down to earth. So here's Sister Mary Arlene-Christmas In Song By A Sister Of St. Dominic (St. Dominic, Amityville, LI, NY, Adrian Associates...
View ArticleOn The First Day Of Christmas
Years ago, this was a favorite share over at Cheerful Earful, but after Inkydog closed his place up, I decided to rip my copy of it and share it with you. Problem is, mine is a mono copy. So, until I...
View ArticleMerry Christmas...And Thanks!
I just wanted to make a special post to thank all of the people who stopped by and enjoyed the blog this season! Thank you to everyone who left a comment and told me the story about the first time...
View ArticleBefore Christmas Sneaks Away
Before the day gets away from me, here's another secret share. I don't want to say who this is, or who provides the music, or what company released it, but I can say that Family Circle magazine was...
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