A Campaign for Love!

This is a charming 1970 EP of public-service spots.  The same tracks are on each side.  They are:
01. Love Like a Kid Again (full) (1:01)
02. Can You Say It? (full) (1:01)
03. Love Like a Kid Again (short) (0:31)
04. Can You Say It? (short) (0:31)
05. Human Sound of Love (0:31)
06. Those Who Love - Those Who Don't (0:31)
07. What Is Seggeration? (0:34)

If you're familiar with the Tom Clay release

"What the World Needs Now is Love/Abraham, Martin and John," then you've heard parts of "What Is Seggeration?"

If you can listen with an unjaded heart, then you too can Listen for the Sounds of Love!

See you on Monday!

Sincere But Disappointing

I really looked forward to this one after finding it in the thrift store.  Unfortunately, this seems to be a "student recording" in the worst senses of the term.  Unison parts are not quite in synch, and in at least one case the solo instrument is tuned sharp in relation to the other performers.

01. Come Into His Presence (2:44)
02. This Is My Father's World (3:49)
03. He Leadeth Me (4:34)
04. How Beautiful (5:19)
05. I Need Thee Every Hour (4:00)
06. My Tribute (5:23)
07. Awesome God (5:22)
08. As the Deer (6:56)
09. Softly and Tenderly (5:07)
10. I Must Tell Jesus (4:18)
11. People Need the Lord (6:34)
Decide for yourself!

See you on Thursday, chums!

Write Me a Czech!

Or, you might say, "accordian to Nemetz" -- har-har.

01. Old Czech Music (2:56)
02. Under One Roof (3:10)
03. When I Sing (3:39)
04. Across Two Towns (3:12)
05. I Love to Dance (3:07)
06. My Lamplighter (2:37)
07. Red Rose (2:35)
08. Round & Round (3:00)
09. Lap Land (2:31)
10. By the Brook (3:08)
11. Two White Roses (3:19)
12. Like a Rose (3:17)
13. I Myself (2:58)

Combo Sounds of Old Czech Music

I daresay even you snarky types might find a little finger- or toe-tapping coming over you.

See you on Monday!

Very Upright "Queens in Harmony"

This is a cassette of ladies singing barbershop music.  I recently discovered that if you googlize the term "Queens in Harmony," you are not likely to get a result suitable for family viewing.  Hmmm.

There are two sets by the two groups featured in the cover art.

Melo-Edge:

01.  - Rhythm Medley (2:43)
02. Lonesomest Girl in Town (2:46)
03. Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy (1:36)
04. I Believed It All (2:34)
05. Crazy Over Dixie (2:06)
06. Melancholy Baby (3:14)
07. Fun in Just One Lifetime (2:31)

Jubilation:

08. Welcome to Life at the Top (1:56)
09. Golden Earrings (2:38)
10. They Go Wild, Simply Wild Over Me (2:04)
11. Till There Was You (2:42)
12. Commercial Medley (4:44)
13. From the First Hello (2:13)
14. Maggie Blues (4:58)

Here are the very unobjectionable Queens in Harmony.

See you on Thursday.

The New Messiah

This 1972 album is fun and funky, active and alive.

And as you may guess by the sticker, it was probably a record-label promo copy given to OKC's own KOMA radio station.  At this time, KOMA played top-40 records and was at 1520-AM.

The selections:

01. Overture (1:39)

02. Unto Us a Child Is Born (3:34)
03. Glory to God – soloist: Alexander St Charles  (2:25)
04. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth – soloist: Jessica Smith  (2:32)
05. And the Glory of the Lord (2:15)
06. Hallelujah (3:25)
07. All We, Like Sheep (3:35)
08. Surely He Hath Borne – soloist: Clydie King  (2:51)
09. He Trusted in Him (3:55)
10. The Trumpet Shall Sound – soloist: Jimmy Walker (3:26)
11. Since by Man Came Death (2:05)
12.  Hallelujah (reprise) – soloist: Gerrald Garrett  (3:05)

The New Messiah

Share your Valentine's Day with your creator -- the One who loves you more than you'll ever know!

See you on Monday.

More Songs of Love: Smoky Mountain Hymns

It's a bunch of hymns with most of the parts played by a guy named Jack Jezioro.

01. I'll Fly Away (2:58)

02. Old Time Religion (2:15)

03. I Have Decided to Follow Jesus (2:00)

04. Amazing Grace (2:40)

05. What a Friend We Have in Jesus (2:37)

06. Lily of the Valley (2:37)

07. Unclouded Day (3:28)

08. I Saw the Light (2:35)

09. I Am Bound for the Promised Land (2:36)

10. Blessed Assurance (4:10)

11. How Great Thou Art (3:04)

12. There Is a Fountain (2:34)
Smoky Mountain Hymns

See you on Thursday!

Treasury of Hymns

It's an expanded version of the 1981 LP.  It's solo piano music.

01. This Is My Father's World (2:40)

02. Just As I Am (3:36)
03. Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us (3:50)
04. 'Tis So Sweet to Trust in Jesus (3:49)
05. He Leadeth Me (4:47)
06. Sweet Hour of Prayer (5:05)
07. Softly and Tenderly (5:07)
08. Blessed Assurance (3:29)
09. My Jesus, I Love Thee (3:34)
10. Holy, Holy, Holy (2:58)
11. My Faith Looks Up to Thee (3:24)
12. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross (3:04)
13. There Is a Fountain (3:55)
14. Beautiful Isle of Somewhere (5:07)
15. Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing (3:05)
16. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (5:35)
17. Praise to the Lord, the Almighty (3:20)
18. Master, the Tempest Is Raging (8:07)

I think you'll like it.

Treasury of Hymns

See you on Monday!

MA-139 - Forbidden Desires

Yes, it's another bizarre salute to Valentine's Day, full of songs in which the course of true love ne'er do run true … mainly because the love object is not exactly appropriate, even in today's wonderfully welcoming age.

01 - Strange Love - Bad Actors - 1980  (4:32)

02 - I Love You (Miss Robot) - The Buggles - 1980  (4:52)
03 - Love or Lust? - Dirty Girls - 1981  (1:32)
04 - Imaginary Doll - Jullan - 1984  (3:26)
05 - Automatic Lover - Dee D Jackson - 1977  (4:13)
06 - Nazi Love - Billy Wizard and the K-Mart Studio Orchestra - 1977  (4:18)
07 - Plastic Princess - The Wives - 1980  (3:01)
08 - Miss Clarke and the Computer - Roy Wood - 1973  (4:21)
09 - Voodoo Doll - Amelia - 1962  (2:02)
10 - I Really Want to Bomb You - Jill Kroesen - 1980  (5:37)
11 - Mechanical Friend - The Steves - 1980  (2:14)
12 - She's a Magazine - New Musik - 1980  (4:17)
13 - Little Girls - Oingo Boingo - 1981  (3:36)
14 - Mannequin - Max Strom - 1982  (3:03)
15 - Computer Love - Zapp & Roger - 1985  (4:44)
16 - Anna with Antennae - 4 Out of 5 Doctors - 1982  (3:39)
17 - Thing - The Jazz Butcher - 1987  (1:02)
18 - Light Years from Love - Martha Ladly - 1983  (3:41)
19 - Jennifer the Conifer - The Shapes - 1982  (2:46)
20 - Teenage Head in My Refrigerator - The Deep Freeze Mice - 1981  (3:38)
21 - Oral Sex with a Caterpillar - Jerry Jamrag and the Afterbirths - 1977  (1:22)
22 - Reel to Reel - Rock Fiction - 1984  (4:05)
23 - Teenage Mutant Love - High Wire Radio Choir - 1979   (2:26)

Give 'er a listen and decide for yourself!

MA-139 - Forbidden Desires 2021 link

See you on Thursday!