Jesus, Elvis, and Me -- and Now You, Too!

Here we have an undated cassette of from an Elvis impersonator who tilts the songs to a Christian message.  Ain't nothin' wrong widdat!

01. Jesus Is the Rock (2:24)

02. All Shook Up (1:53)

03. How Great Thou Art (4:26)

04. All the Glory (3:26)

05. An American Trilogy (4:05)

06. Lamb, Lion & King (2:43)

07. Singing with the Saints (3:34)

08. White Horse (2:35)

09. Reap What You Sow (3:13)

10. Under I Go (3:11)

Get ready to be all shook up!  In a fun way.

Jesus, Elvis, and You Too!

See you on Monday!
 

No Beans -- Strictly Campfire

Here's another of them there performance souvenirs.  Ya go to a show and then on the way out you kin buy you somethin' to remember it by.

This was released in 1988.  You can go to this site for info about Kim O'Connor's act.  But you can't see him in person, for in 2011 he headed to that great Round-Up in the Sky.  Adios, pardner!

01. Old Chisholm Trail (3:09)

02. Cool Water (2:08)
03. Sioux City Sue (2:45)
04. Cattle Call / Git Along Little Dogie (4:15)
05. Back in the Saddle (1:30)
06. They Call the Wind Maria (3:18)
07. Red River Valley (3:42)
08. Buffalo Gals (1:14)
09. Streets of Laredo (2:36)
10. Ghost Riders in the Sky (3:18)
11. High Noon (2:14)
12. Don't Fence Me In (1:51)
13. Tumbling Tumbleweeds (2:13)
14. Rawhide / My Girl (2:09)

Strictly Campfire

I think you'll like the trip out west with Kim and his crew.

See you on Thursday, campers!

Stirring Modern Music

This moving work is a modern symphony which also memorializes some of Corigliano's friends or acquaintances who have fallen to AIDS.

01 - Of Rage and Remembrance Chaconne based on S1-03

02 - Symphony No. 1 Apologue Of Rage and Remembrance

03 - Symphony No. 1 Tarantella

04 - Symphony No. 1 Chaconne

05 - Symphony No. 1 Epilogue

Rage and Remembrance

I imagine you will be moved too.

See you on Monday!
 

From a Great American

You can never have enough marches, right?  And these certainly roar like a lion.

01. King Cotton (2:37)

02. Hands Across the Sea (2:51)
03. Solid Men to the Front (3:57)
04. The Gladiator (2:36)
05. The Royal Welsh Fusiliers (2:34)
06. Marquette University (2:46)
07. The Rifle Regiment (3:17)
08. Semper Fidelis (2:35)
09. The Legionnaires (2:47)
10. The Northern Pines (3:38)
11. The Belle of Chicago (2:13)
12. The Daughters of Texas (3:19)
13. The Gallant Seventh (2:32)
14. Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (3:20)
15. The Invisible Eagle (3:25)
16. Golden Jubilee (3:33)
17. New York Hippodrome (3:56)
18. Manhattan Beach (2:10)
19. The Pride of the Wolverines (3:41)
20. The Gridiron Club (3:21)
21. The Liberty Bell (3:20)

John Philip Sousa - Great American Marches Vol 11

See you on Thursday!

That's the Spirit!

Volume 1 of this series was shared in January of this year.

Here are more recordings of playbacks from "Legendary Masters."

01 - Moonlight Sonata 1 - Beethoven - Lhévinne  (6:35)

02 - Moonlight Sonata 2 - Beethoven - Lhévinne  (1:58)

03 - Moonlight Sonata 3 - Beethoven - Lhévinne  (5:24)

04 - Valse Caprice in Eb - Rubinstein - Rosenthal  (5:41)

05 - Gypsy Rondo - Brahms - von Dohnányi  (6:15)

06 - Valse Leute - Delibes - von Dohnányi  (5:18)

07 - Spinning Song - Mendelssohn - Rachmaninoff  (1:57)

08 - Were I a Bird - von Henselt - Rachmaninoff  (1:58)

09 - Troika - Tchaikovsky - Rachmaninoff  (3:45)

10 - Barcarolle #2 - Rubinstein - Rachmaninoff  (4:54)

11 - Etude #6 - Rachmaninoff - Rachmaninoff  (3:04)

12 - Concerto in A Minor 1 - Grieg - Volavy  (10:59)

13 - Concerto in A Minor 2 - Grieg - Volavy  (5:19)

14 - Concerto in A Minor 3 - Grieg - Volavy  (7:07)

Spook it baby!

See you on Monday!

The Tape That Would Not Rewind!

Bought last month on cassette, this devilish critter peeved me to no end.

Before playing an unfamiliar tape, of course, one should fast-forward to the end of Side One and then rewind to the beginning.  This provides a little shakedown for the mechanism and helps rectify any off-kilter bits.

But this fiendish device WOULD NOT move in any direction.  It would sputter along for a few seconds and then lock up.  Swapping front-and-back tape insertion, using rewind for the opposite side, slamming the tape down on both sides to try and settle any wacky alignment -- NOTHING would make this puppy FF or REW.

I finally hand-wound the thing to the beginning and simply PLAYED it.  And gosh-a-whillickers, it done did purty good!

To see all the partitions of some of these long pieces, consult the cassette scans, or the above Discogs listing.


Battles for Brass (48:25)



01. William Byrd - The Battell (23:22)

02. Adriano Banchieri - Fantasia: Udite, Ecco Le Trombe (1:47)

03. Johann Kuhnau - Biblical Sonata No 1: The Battle Between David and Goliath (15:12)

04. John Jenkins - Fantasia: Newark Siege (5:45)

05. G F Handel - La Réjouissance (2:19)

Now YOU get the benefit of the hassle.

See you on Thursday!
 

I Like Plaid Better

This 1989 album is supposed to take you to cosmic places when you listen to it.  I say, "Ehhh."

Now, Jonn Serrie.  THAT's groovy space music!

That's not to say that Markoe's not a gazillion lightyears past anything I could do.  But as a consumer, I'm not thrilled.  You may feel differently.  After all, that's what makes America great!

01. The Pleiades (3:06)

02. Stars on a Clear Night (4:06)
03. Extraterrestrial Encounter (4:28)
04. Pleiadian Harp (2:25)
05. Journey Through the Stars (2:57)
06. Awakening (5:01)
07. A New Vision of Time (2:32)
08. In the Temple of Initiation (3:08)
09. Sacred Ceremony in the Cave of Windchimes (6:05)
10. Prayer for Earth (2:23)
11. Journey Home (3:48)
12. The Pleiades (Reprise) (3:15)

Try it yourself.

See you on Monday, campers!

All the Day Long: A Collection of Unaccompanied Hymns

This is stirring music.  The human voice by itself is the greatest instrument.  These "unprofessional" performances ought to get you "right here," regardless of your membership in the fellowship of the Son.

01. When Morning Gilds the Skies (2:46)

02. To Thy Pastures Fair and Large (1:54)

03. For the Beauty of the Earth (2:00)

04. On the Mountain Top (2:11)

05. O Worship the King (2:10)

06. O God, Our Help in Ages Past (1:28)

07. Fairest Lord Jesus (2:21)

08. A Mighty Fortress (2:25)

09. When We All Get to Heaven (2:09)

10. Blessed Assurance (2:16)

11. More Love to Thee (2:50)

12. Nearer, My God, to Thee (2:24)

13. O Love That Will Not Let Me Go (2:35)

14. Be Still, My Soul (2:47)

15. Now the Day Is Over (1:19)

16. The Lord Bless You and Keep You (1:22)

All the Day Long

See you on Thursday.