Reviews of obsolete items
I have long considered a song from the last review, Leader of the Pack, to be something of a novelty song, largely incorrectly. Today, I am listening to something that is definitely a novelty song, although a fantastic and catchy one. This 45 was released under the Kapp label, catelogue number K-342X, in 1960. In …
The way I have accumulated most of my collection of old and odd media is by buying hand fulls of things without much care for specifics. But after listening to the Rock N’ Roll Collectors Edition cassettes I was able to give a name to the band that sung Leader of the Pack, a song …
Pat Boone is a name I know. I could not have told you he was a singer, although I think I would have guessed that or televangelist. My parents both liked rock and roll and the blues, while my father was also into 78 era jazz. Neither cared for this sort of pop music, so …
I recently purchased a large lot of 45 RPM records, fully expecting them to be older music because the first handful I examined were largely The Everly Brothers. So, imagine my surprise when I was picking something for today and Electric Avenue, a song I recognize. Electric Avenue is from taken from the LP Killer …
Side ACarl Perkins – Blue Suede ShoesJames Brown – Papa’s Got a Brand New BagThe Fleetwoods – Come Softly to MeThe Tuneweavers – Happy, Happy Brithday Baby Side BThe Teddy Bears – To Know Him, Is To Love HimBobby Freeman – C’Mon and SwimThe Righteous Brothers – You’re My Soul and My Inspiration This is …
I have a mixed and conflicted relationship with jazz music. Some, the stuff I have always thought of as swing music, I love deeply. Other jazz, the more free-flowing, less structured music I associate with the years after the swing age, I do not care for. Because I lack a proper understanding of this large …
Side ABarry Mann – Who Put the BopThe Diamonds – The StrollThe Lettermen – When I Fall in LoveLloyd Price – Personality Side BBobby Lewis – Tossin’ and Turnin’The Argyles – Alley OopThe Chordettes – Lollipop This is a track listing for a cassette in a larger collection, the main review is on the post …
We should never have allowed disco to become a musical punchline. It was and is a valuable form of musical expression, it is almost always a lot of fun, and is oh-so fun to dance to. There was space in popular culture for it and whatever its detractors were into. But we live on this …
Side AThe Beach Boys – Fun, Fun, FunThe Platters – My PrayerJan & Dean – Little Old Lady (from Pasadena)The Everly Brothers – Wake up Little Susie Side BDodie Stevens – Pink Shoe LacesThe Elegants – Little StarThe Turtles – Happy Together This is a track listing for a cassette in a larger collection, the …
Canadian Gospel Music Association was founded in 1974. Four years later, they released this LP celebrating the nominees for the 1977-78 Covenant Awards in the categories of “male, mixed, and female group.” The Covenant Awards celebrate the best in Canadian Christian music. The association and awards still exist, although it now goes by the Gospel …