December 5th Past
A collection of links to shares from Christmas past. There's great stuff in the archives, you just don't know it.2016A rare selection for a 78 in my own collection, long before I started sourcing stuff...
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Jerry's Cousin
This is the first in what I hope is a series of Christmas records I dig up on the fabled Playboy label. To be honest, I only know of one other, but a guy has got to have a dream, right? For the record,...
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Moving right along, here are a few links to items shared on this day in the past five years.2016Shari Lewis & Lambchop didn't record much Christmas music, but here's a little bit that you've...
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Navy 241
In honor of it being December 7th (a day which will live in infamy, just like 9/11), I give you a small treat from the United States Navy. Two treats, actually, though not all is as it seems. This...
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A day that will live in infamy. And also a day that I shared some pretty sweet Christmas music in the past five years, but then I think all my shares are sweet. Or bad. One or the other. Sometimes...
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Kinda Like Glee
This 10" record is a nice set of carols, many of which aren't that well known, being sung by a college choir from somewhere in the Midwest. I don't think there's anything here that will jump out at...
View ArticleDecember 8th Past
As we get further into this month, I see where I posted stuff in the past that I don't even remember. I guess I have periods where I'm just on autopilot, posting what I can as fast as I can in hopes...
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Whales? Really?
You've heard chipmunks singing Christmas songs. You've heard dogs singing Jingle Bells. You've seen entire albums featuring dogs, cats or cows. You've heard reindeer sing. Even snowmen. But I'm...
View ArticleDecember 9th Past
Welcome to our little stroll through the past five years' worth of Christmas posts at Ernie (Not Bert). We're at a unique point in history where you can still download a lot of the old shares from...
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Singles From Warners
If you've hung around the blog at Christmas time lo these many years, you'll remember that one of my early obsessions was the Christmas music from the Warner Bros. label in their early years. Begun in...
View ArticleDecember 10th Past
Hello! And welcome to the December 10th edition of "This Day In Blog History"! What's in the past on this day? Check it out...2016More Christmas from Phoenix.2017Nice cover, I'll just leave it at...
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Save Those Seeds
Under the heading of "It was a different time", here is a Christmas record from the science oriented folks at Monsanto. These days, the company is best known for developing superior strains of food...
View ArticleDecember 11th Past
Another day, another dip. That's right, it's time for some more highlight links into the most recent five years of blog history. Hope you're enjoying these little trips down memory lane!2016Christmas...
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The Baptists Are Back
I should have shared this one out back at the beginning of the month since it's spoken word stuff, and I like to get it out while you can get it into your Christmas mixes. But if it's too late for this...
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Thanks for putting up with me and these self-indulgent history posts. I wish I had time to reshare and bring attention to every single thing in the archive, but there's just not enough time in the day....
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The Magic Of Disco
There's nothing more exciting to me than finding a Christmas record I haven't seen before. Though much of the time, as soon as you spot it, you have some idea of what it may be. Maybe it's a recording...
View ArticleDecember 13th Past
More old shares from this day in history. Well, not history in general, but the history of Ernie (Not Bert). Hard to believe sometimes how long I've been doing this now. The history goes back ten more...
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Goodbye Elvis
For your consideration, an autographed copy of a single from Jim Matthews, MD, The Singing Surgeon. And if that's not enough to pull you in, it's a tribute to the recently deceased Elvis! I've got a...
View ArticleDecember 14th Past
Sometimes December seems like it's way too long, but then again, it seems like it's too short. I suppose it depends on your point of view, just like everything else in life. To me, it seems like a...
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Christmas With The Gipper
Not too long ago, I came across this LP in a record store halfway across the state. It was still sealed, and I knew I had to grab it. I'd never seen a copy before, but I knew of the LP from a post many...
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