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It’s the weekend and we have another double!
Barry Manilow
Live
The first record in the set is a great listen. I esspecially like on side two (properly labeled Act I Side 2) the very strange melody. It’s a melody featuring many of the products he’s wrote or sung jingles for. Overall I just am liking the live mix. Act II sides 3 & 4 are tomorrow.
V S M audio link. This link may become broken as it has nothing to do with me. (Thankyou Google, BeeMP3 & Shapeless Mass.)
Barry Manilow - Live
A fantastic album for a Friday that included a golf outing! I really enjoyed this record once it got spinning, although I will admit that I’m biased towards a good trumpet player.
The Longines Symphonette Society presents
Al Hirt
America’s Greatest Trumpet Artist in
The Best Of DixiLand Jazz
AL Hirt - The Best Of Dixieland Jazz
From youtube, I Can’t Get Started Without You:
A great collection of songs today! You might have even heard me signing…
Presenting from Mercury Records in Custom High Fidelity:
Encore Of Golden Hits
The Platters
Track listing-
Side 1:
Side 2:
The Platters - Encore Of Golden Hits
My favorite from youtube, “Smoke Gets In Your Eyes”
Hey Hey We’re The Monkees!! With that, the collection has redeemed itself from yesterday.
The Monkees
Meet The Monkees: David Jones, Mike Nesmith, Peter Tork, Micky Dolenz
Side 1:
Side 2:
Music Supervision: Don Kirshner
Music Coordinators: Lester Sill-Emil LaViola
The Monkees
Youtube:
(theme from) The Monkees:
Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day:
Last Train to Clarksville:
Gonna Buy Me a Dog:
Today’s album does not make the top of my list. At all. I’m not saying it is bad, I’m just saying I was very tempted to flip it up to 78RPM to finish it off quickly – so maybe it wasn’t my style. I’ll have to find a proper Barbershop reviewer.
Barbershop “Champs”
The Buffalo Bills
Internationals Champions of S.P.E.B.S.Q.S.A Barbershop Quartet
Side One:
Side Two:
The Buffalo Bills
Who would have thought that a month would have gone by so quickly!? There has been some great listens after just one month, and I am continuing to look forward to the albums still to come. Check out the previous posts for the fun that we had this weekend celebrating one month! (Really the gift was a move to a new location!!)
We start this monday off with a pick from the girl who sacrificed her back for us this weekend. My cousins wife was our dedicated album stacker in the truck and at the conservatory (no, she didn’t do any organizing – only grunt force moving labor) for the entire 27 feet this collection spans.
Her pull of the litter:
Eagles
The Long Run
Side One
Side Two:
Eagles - The Long Run
Special thanks to Paul and Amy for their labor this weekend.
Part 2 of the fun is just a grove length away…
Here is a smashed together melody of the part 2 fun!
Elton John - Greatest Hits Vol I & II (back)
This weekend we have a double! So part two of the fun will continue tomorrow.
This weekend the Personal Conservatory is also physically moving, so my time to do a full post is limited. Therefore, I’ll let you see half of the back cover today and the other half tomorrow.
Elton John
Greatest Hits
Volumes One and Two
Here is half the track listing:
Half of the back - Elton John's Greatest Hits Vol I & II
Elton Johns Greatest Hits Vol I & II
Now this is a Friday night party!
Frat House Party
The Mayfair All-Star Orchestra
in High-Fidelity
Just open up the door, put the keg in the bathtub, fire up the turntable and set out the sweets because we are having a party!
From the back of the album, “Take a healthy helping of Greek alphabet soup, add a generous measure of sparkling syncopation, shake well- to the beat, of course- and you have just the right musical making for a successful FRAT HOUSE PARTY. After you have fully absorbed the contests of the album- best done by listening and dancing- you will agree it hits the spot.” To continue reading this awesome description, look at the photo below!
Track listing
Side 1:
Side 2
Frat House Party
The description - click to open in large window
Presenting their 5th album from 1976 it’s:
Hotel California
The Eagles
No need for me to really elaborate on the nifty qualities of this album, as time has proven them well!
Track listing-
Side 2
The Eagles - Hotel California