Does Track Two Describe Her Legs?

That's for YOU to decide, in this fun little diversion from 1992

01. Jack the Ripper (3:56)

02. All Black and Hairy (2:28)

03. Charlotte's Remains (4:23)

04. Dinner with Drac (3:19)

05. Night of the Phantom (2:50)

06. The Witch (2:39)

07. Happy Halloween (2:22)

08. D.O.R. (5:52)

09. Cellar Dweller (3:22)

10. I'm the Wolfman (2:40)

11. She's My Witch (3:19)

12. Goin' to a Graveyard (2:33)

13. Night of the Vampire (4:26)

14. Horror Asparagus Stories (2:28)

15. (Bonus Track) (1:53)

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See you Thursday!

  

If It's Spooky, It's a Wonder!

It's a 1974 release for the kiddies ... aren't we all?

01. There Is a Haunted House in Town (2:19)

02. Around the Block and Up the Street (1:07)

03. Ghoul Days, Ghoul Days (1:36)

04. We Are the Witches Three (2:26)

05. Bats in the Belfry (1:14)

06. As the Witches Go Flying Along (1:22)

07. A Halloween Song (1:29)

08. The Pumpkin Man (1:14)

09. Halloween Is All Around (1:34)

10. I've Been Working on My Costume (3:09)

11. It's a Good Old Halloween (1:50)

12. Halloween Friends (2:50)

13. The Pumpkin on the Vine (0:52)

14. Have a Happy Halloween (1:21)

15. Twinkle, Twinkle Candlelight (0:56)

16. Trick or Treat (1:36)

They keep talking about scaring people, but this is so corny that I can’t even figure how these performers finished a take without collapsing in embarrassment, or just running away.

The instrumentation sounds like a ten-dollar organ from TG&Y, circa 1958.  With a couple of bells and slide whistles thrown in for more cringe.

If you were about six when this came out in 1974, it might have been just your thing!

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See ya Monday, Halloween Friends!

  

There's No Age Like a Morgue-Age!

Yup, the second of three new Halloween-music comps for this year.

01 - Gonna Go Down (To See My Baby) - The Rainbows - 1962  (1:59)

02 - Blood - Zro4 - 1980  (3:25)

03 - Brecon Beacons - Supergrass - 2023  (2:53)

04 - Frankensteiner Polka - Eddie Lawrence - 1958  (2:20)

05 - Nightmares - Art August and the Dorian-Aires - 1965  (2:09)

06 - Supernature - Cerrone - 1977  (3:52)

07 - Barnabas - The Merrymen of Barbados - 1968  (3:47)

08 - My Girlfriend's Ghost - The Oil Tasters - 1982  (3:11)

09 - The Birds Is Coming - Louis Jones with the Bobby Scott Orchestra - 1963  (2:04)

10 - The Hearse - Paul Chaplain - 1967  (1:26)

11 - Boo! Boo! Boo! Here Comes the Loch Ness Monster - The Connecticut Collegians - 1934  (2:23)

12 - Zombies Dance in the Night - Alberta Jordan - 1956  (2:27)

13 - The Invisible Thing - The Casual Three - 1958  (2:45)

14 - Do the Standing Still (Classics Illustrated) - Table - 1977  (2:59)

15 - Demon Lover - Lyn Cornell - 1960  (2:58)

16 - Nightmare - Billy Sills - 1958  (2:31)

17 - Zombie Stomp - Billy Gholston - 1963  (2:22)

18 - Haunted House - The Other Side - 1985  (2:54)

19 - Tombstone - Johnny Darcy - 1958  (2:49)

20 - Life After Death - Funboy Five - 2009  (3:12)

21 - Cannibal Dolls - Land of Giants - 1982  (3:29)

22 - Did You Ever See My Ghoul - Rod Derrett - 1965  (1:53)

23 - Graveyard Paradise - 126 - 1967  (2:59)

24 - Graveyard - Leroy Bowman and the Arrows - 1958  (2:07)

25 - Year Without a Halloween - Lugosi's Morphine - 2006  (2:48)

26 - Halloween Is All Around Us - Golden Records - 2012  (1:22)

27 - The Wind and More - Roky Erickson - 1979  (4:07)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

Like they say, you might check in, but you won't walk out under your own power!

PERMANENT LINK.

See ya next time, fellow pumpkinheads!

   

A Tame Nightmare

It's a 1962 release.

01. The Tell-Tale Heart (1:50)

02. Invasion of the Locusts (2:16)

03. The Loft (2:29)

04. Ghost Ship (1:56)

05. The Watery Grave (2:02)

06. Chamber of Horrors (2:05)

07. The Red-Eyed Rats (2:23)

08. The Shaft (2:01)

09. Werewolf (1:33)

10. Living Tomb (2:17)

11. The Chase (2:07)

12. Monster Meet (1:54)

It's patterned after Creed Taylor's SHOCK and PANIC releases, but this is pretty tame (and therefore pretty lame).

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But give it a stagger around the block just in case it's your cup o' hemlock.

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See you on Monday, my putrid pussyfooters!

  

It's a Fun Curse!

You'll see!

It's a two-disc extravaganza from those Monster Mash-Up guys!   Monster Mashup is a free annual Halloween album started in 2004. Collect all albums on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/monstermashupalbum

This here is a 2012 release.  I equalized the volume and made sure the metadata was kosher.

The Curse of Monster Mashup, Disc 1 (68:43)

01. LeeDM101 - Midnight Moon (3:51)

02. ShyBoy - Thriller Has It (4:43)

03. Voicedude - Strange and Scary Love (5:34)

04. Budtheweiser - Scream Barbera (2:41)

05. DJ BC - Ghost Wobble (5:06)

06. Solcofn - Zombie Planet (6:11)

07. Johnny - Sweet Transvestite Face (3:11)

08. Brutal Redneck - Lily Monster Aquaviva (3:33)

09. Thriftshop XL - Bring the Noise and Kill and Noise (3:37)

10. Voicedude - Nightmare Maybe (5:08)

11. Cheekyboy - Its Halloween! (5:19)

12. S.I.R. - Ghostbusters (Turn Me On) (3:32)

13. Fettdog - Texas Whip 'Em (2:57)

14. Voicedude - Goblin Style (3:40)

15. Levi Tretschinken - Their Thoughts Can Kill (3:19)

16. Scott Cairo - Jezzbellend (3:29)

17. Stefano Ercolino - The Thing (2:51)

-*-*-*-

The Curse of Monster Mashup, Disc 2 (73:19)

01. Budtheweiser & Frogthedawg - Frog The Dawg Tribute Mix (54:02)

02. Voicedude - Scary Cuda (3:43)

03. DJ Useo - The Tremendous Pain Kill (3:34)

04. Stefano Ercolino - Ghostbusters (4:16)

05. Cheekyboy - Diary of a Madmash (3:12)

06. Cheekyboy - (secret track) Monster Mash Up Inc (demo) (4:32)

It's all in one bog file.  Or maybe a BIG file.

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See you on Thursday, ghouls and ghoulettes!

  

Welcome to SPOOKY SPOCK-TOBER!

 Yup, my friends, that magical time has arrived.  The time we wait for all year.  That glorious celebration of ... MY BIRTHDAY!

Oops, that was TUESDAY.  Now it's October, time for ... SPOOKY SPOCK-TOBER!

Here's the first of three new music compilations for this creepy month ...

... with a bunch of critters to get ya in the mood.

01 - Lizard Man - Jim Nesbitt - 1988  (2:16)

02 - Twist with the Yeti - Fia Chaplin - 1962  (2:40)

03 - Eighth Wonder - Lemon Demon - 2009  (3:52)

04 - The Abominable Snow-Man - The Copycats - 1960  (2:52)

05 - Kelpie - Jethro Tull - 1979  (3:35)

06 - Beast of Busco - Grave Robber - 2015  (3:35)

07 - Bigfoot Motel - The Jazz Butcher Conspiracy - 1982  (3:55)

08 - Curse of the Bog People - Lunatic Fringe - 1985  (2:03)

09 - Chupacabras - Groovie Ghoulies - 1997  (1:25)

10 - Big Feet - Sierra Rhythms - 1978  (2:47)

11 - Beast of Gévaudan - Powerwolf - 2021  (3:32)

12 - Mason County Mothman - Anne McCoy - 1969  (1:41)

13 - Jackalope - The Okee Dokee Brothers - 2016  (2:56)

14 - Swamp Gal - Tommy Bell - 1959  (2:11)

15 - The Bunyip’s Gonna Get You - Dot and the Kangaroo - 1977  (3:02)

16 - Running with Bigfoot - Groovie Ghoulies - 1997  (2:35)

17 - Honey Island Swamp Monster - John Farr Jr - 2022  (2:00)

18 - Fouke Monster - Billy Cole and the Fouke Monsters - 1971  (2:36)

19 - Bearilla Woman - Leroy Thomas - 2010  (2:39)

20 - Lake Monsters - They Might Be Giants - 2018  (2:58)

21 - Mothman - Mike West - 2009  (3:36)

22 - I'm the Monster of Loch Ness - Leslie Holmes - 1934  (1:57)

23 - Loveland Frogman - Fangs and Twang - 2017  (5:11)

24 - The Legend of the Jersey Devil - Country-Ghost - 2024  (3:09)

25 - Where Are all the Bigfoot Bones - Filthy Still - 2015  (2:27)

26 - Big Foot Stomp - Asleep at the Wheel - 1987  (3:34)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SIX DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

This installment is about critters of folklore and rumor, from the well-known Bigfoot or Nessie to more obscure ones like Arkansas’ Fouke Monster or the Frogman of Loveland, Ohio.

See you Monday!  Welcome to the season of spooks!

  

Dreamin' on Clouds

This is dreamy stuff, I say.

01. Missa “Et ecce terrae motus” a 12 voci: Kyrie: Kyrie eleison (1:38)

02. Missa “Et ecce terrae motus” a 12 voci: Kyrie: Christe eleison (2:45)

03. Missa “Et ecce terrae motus” a 12 voci: Kyrie: Kyrie eleison (1:43)

04. Missa “Et ecce terrae motus” a 12 voci: Gloria (10:30)

05. Missa “Et ecce terrae motus” a 12 voci: Credo (10:53)

06. Missa “Et ecce terrae motus” a 12 voci: Sanctus: Sanctus (3:13)

07. Missa “Et ecce terrae motus” a 12 voci: Sanctus: Pleni sunt caeli (1:47)

08. Missa “Et ecce terrae motus” a 12 voci: Sanctus: Hosanna (2:23)

09. Missa “Et ecce terrae motus” a 12 voci: Sanctus: Benedictus (3:09)

10. Missa “Et ecce terrae motus” a 12 voci: Sanctus: Hosanna (2:31)

11. Missa “Et ecce terrae motus” a 12 voci: Agnus Dei: I (1:47)

12. Missa “Et ecce terrae motus” a 12 voci: Agnus Dei: II (3:09)

13. Missa “Et ecce terrae motus” a 12 voci: Agnus Dei: III (1:52)

14. Sequentia “Dies irae Dies illa” (19:04)

If you’re like me, you might be enchanted by this stuff without knowing what the heck is going on.  Still, I scanned the English-language parts of the booklet.

About two minutes into the final track, you finally get a taste of *something* known, with the “Dies Irae” melody, which then floats in and out.  A sombre ending for a fascinating recording.

Note the original purchaser’s note about where bought and the price.

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Come back from your cloud on Thursday for the commencement of this year's mucho supremo SPOOKY SPOCK-TOBER!

  

That Exotic Land ...

This here's a bunch of music by Ralph Vaughan Williams that I bunched together.

01 - The Lark Ascending

02 - English Folk Song Suite I March, Seventeen Come Sunday

03 - English Folk Song Suite II Intermezzo, My Bonny Boy

04 - English Folk Song Suite III March, Folk Songs from Somerset

05 - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, for 2 string orchestras

06 - Fantasia on Greensleeves

07 - In the Fen Country

08 - Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1

09 - Rhosymedre

PS I was amused to discover several years ago that the correct pronunciation of the composer's first name is "Rafe."

My experience of Vaughan Williams' music is of a great intellect that hasn't forgotten his sense of humor.

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See you on Monday.

  

A Sleepy Migration

Here's some of that New Age music in which nothing ever happens.

Which is a shame, because as Synchestra, Ed van Fleet wrote and performed a great album called Electric Snowflake, as heaRd on the Hearts of Space program of that title.  Here's what's in this release:

01. Aurora (2:15)

02. Gold Coast (7:43)

03. Indigo (9:13)

04. Summer's End (4:43)

05. Deo (10:42)

06. Remembering the Future (2:55)

07. Canyons (11:04)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

See you on Thursday.

  

You Too May Be Remarkable

And then I can meet ya!

Until then, listen to this introspective, interesting music.

01. Thomas de Hartmann - Main Title - Father & Son (3:21)

02. Thomas de Hartmann and Laurence Rosenthal - Boyhood in Kars (3:56)

03. Thomas de Hartmann and Laurence Rosenthal - The Duel (The Artillery Range - The Question) (3:03)

04. Thomas de Hartmann - 'American Canary' (1:25)

05. Thomas de Hartmann and Laurence Rosenthal - At the Ruins of Ani (3:08)

06. Thomas de Hartmann - Prince Lubovedsky (3:59)

07. Thomas de Hartmann and Laurence Rosenthal - The Gobi Desert (4:01)

08. Thomas de Hartmann and Laurence Rosenthal - The Expedition Fails (The Stilts - Death of Soloviev - Departure) (5:26)

09. Laurence Rosenthal - The Journey (5:09)

10. Thomas de Hartmann - The Great Prayer (5:18)

11. traditional - The Contest of the Ashokhs (3:43)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

I trust you too may be fascinated.

PERMANENT LINK.

See you Monday.

  

Figure This One Out

... And if you can, you speak more languages than I do!

01. Poulenc: 4 Motets Pour Un Temps De Pénitence - Vinea Mea Electa (3:49)

02. Poulenc: 4 Motets Pour Un Temps De Pénitence - Tenebræ Facta Sunt (4:13)

03. Poulenc: 4 Motets Pour Un Temps De Pénitence - Tristis Est Anima Mea (3:26)

04. Poulenc: Laudes De St Antoine De Padoue - O Jesu Perpetua Lux (2:23)

05. Poulenc: Laudes De St Antoine De Padoue - O Proles Hispaniae (0:52)

06. Poulenc: Laudes De St Antoine De Padoue - Laus Regi Pleni Gaudio (2:36)

07. Poulenc: Laudes De St Antoine De Padoue - Si Quaeris (2:29)

08. Poulenc: 4 Motets Pour Le Temps De Noël - O Magnum Mysterium (3:26)

09. Poulenc: 4 Motets Pour Le Temps De Noël - Quem Vidistis Pastores Dicite (2:41)

10. Poulenc: 4 Motets Pour Le Temps De Noël - Videntes Stellam (3:17)

11. Poulenc: 4 Motets Pour Le Temps De Noël - Hodie Christus Natus Est (2:13)

12. Poulenc: 4 Petites Prières De St. François D'Assise - Salut, Dame Sainte (2:29)

13. Poulenc: 4 Petites Prières De St. François D'Assise - Tout Puissant, Très Saint (1:28)

14. Poulenc: 4 Petites Prières De St. François D'Assise - Seigneur, Je Vous En Prie (1:23)

15. Poulenc: 4 Petites Prières De St. François D'Assise - O Mes Très Chers Frères (2:12)

16. Poulenc: Figure Humaine - De Tous Les Printemps Du Monde (2:44)

17. Poulenc: Figure Humaine - En Chantant Les Servantes S'Élancent (2:09)

18. Poulenc: Figure Humaine - Aussi Bas Que Le Silence (1:44)

19. Poulenc: Figure Humaine - Toi Ma Patiente (2:00)

20. Poulenc: Figure Humaine - Riant Du Ciel Et Des Planètes (1:04)

21. Poulenc: Figure Humaine - Le Jour M'Étonne Et La Nuit Me Fait Peur (1:58)

22. Poulenc: Figure Humaine - La Menace Sous Le Ciel Rouge (3:58)

23. Poulenc: Figure Humaine - Liberté (4:28)

24. Poulenc: 4 Motets Pour Un Temps De Pénitence - Timor Et Tremor (3:16)

Understand the language or not, this music is by turns fascinating, challenging, puzzling, intriguing … but never boring, and never off-putting.

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

See you Thursday, fellow humaines!

  

Happy or Manic -- Your Choice!

It's a 1987 release.

01. Let Me Call You Sweetheart / Some of These Days / Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet (3:36)

02. The Bantam Step (2:34)

03. Fluffy Ruffles (2:31)

04. Good Gravy Rag (2:17)

05. Triangle Jazz Blues (1:31)

06. Piano Tuners Walk Away Rag (3:06)

07. Maple Leaf Rag (3:14)

08. Take Me Out to the Ballgame (2:22)

09. There's a Tavern in the Town (1:11)

10. Dill Pickles Rag (1:54)

11. Put Your Arms Around Me Honey / Come Josephine in My Flying Machine / Chinatown, My Chinatown (3:35)

12. The Band Played On / East Side West Side / Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie (3:08)

13. At a Georgia Camp Meeting (2:39)

14. Hello My Baby / In the Good Old Summertime / My Gal Sal (3:49)

15. Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland (2:02)

16. I'm A Yankee Doodle Dandy / Shine on Harvest Moon / By the Light of the Silvery Moon (2:41)

I assume we reach the count of 26 by adding the medley elements?  I didn't try.

This is way too artificial to me!  We got an aggressively semi-tuned piano, and some very cheesy sound effects via wood blocks, wheezing whistles, and the like.  Something played bass in a couple of cuts, sounding to me like an oompahing tuba.

All I can say is, if this is good as your memories get, I pity you.

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See you on Monday, if you haven't been checked into a rubber room after listening!

  

Visualize Whirled Peas!

There. I had to say it.

It's a 1986 cassette, with two selections:

01. Relaxation Music 01 (22:08)

02. Relaxation music 02 (23:47)

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

PERMANENT LINK.

It's crystal synth music with little form but repetition.  So dreamy it’s BORING!

When you wake up, I'll see ya Thursday!

  

I'll Say It's So Jo!

It's a fine anthology of a wonderful singer from the Big Band era.

DISC ONE:

01 - Little Man with a Candy Cigar - Jo Stafford With Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - 1941

02 - Haunted Heart - Jo Stafford - 1948

03 - If - Jo Stafford - 1950

04 - In a Little Spanish Town (T'was on a Night Like This) - The Pied Pipers Feat. Jo Stafford - 1939

05 - April and You - Jo Stafford & Liberace - 1953

06 - Where Are You - Jo Stafford - 1953

07 - The Trolley Song - The Pied Pipers Feat. Jo Stafford - 1944

08 - I'll Remember April - Jo Stafford - 1958

09 - Blues In The Night - Jo Stafford, The Starlighters - 1959

10 - Floatin' Down to Cotton Town - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine - 1953

11 - Every Night When the Sun Goes In - Jo Stafford, The Starlighters - 1959

12 - The Night We Called It a Day - Jo Stafford - 1963

13 - The Gentleman Is a Dope (from Allegro) - Jo Stafford - 1958

14 - My Darling, My Darling (from Where's Charley) - Gordon MacRae, Jo Stafford, The Starlighters - 1949

15 - Young and Foolish (from Plain & Fancy) - Jo Stafford - 1955

16 - Tomorrow Mountain (from Beggar's Holiday) - Jo Stafford - 1958

17 - (There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (For Me) - Jo Stafford,Norman Luboff Choir - 1953

18 - Teardrops from My Eyes - Jo Stafford & Gene Autry - 1950

19 - Dancing in the Dark (from The Bandwagon) - Jo Stafford, The Starlighters - 1952

20 - Love Is Here to Stay (from The Goldwyn Follies) - Jo Stafford - 1953

21 - The Gypsy in My Soul - Jo Stafford And Art Van Damme Quintet - 1956

22 - Imagination - Jo Stafford - 1960

23 - If I Were a Bell - Jo Stafford - 1953

24 - No Other Love - Jo Stafford - 1963

25 - You're Blase (from Bow Bells) - Jo Stafford & Paul Weston (as Jonathan & Darlene Edwards) - 1957

DISC TWO:

01 - You and Your Love - Jo Stafford - 1943

02 - As I Love You - Jo Stafford - 1955

03 - Teach Me Tonight - Jo Stafford - 1954

04 - When April Comes Again - Jo Stafford - 1950

05 - St. Louis Blues - Jo Stafford - 1955

06 - Good Nite - Jo Stafford - 1957

07 - Make the Man Love Me (from A Tree Grows in Brooklyn) - Jo Stafford - 1951

08 - Warm All Over (from The Most Happy Fella) - Jo Stafford - 1956

09 - The Best Things in Life Are Free (from Good News) - Jo Stafford - 1947

10 - One (based on One Hand, One Heart from West Side Story) - Jo Stafford - 1957

11 - These Foolish Things (Remind Me oOf You) - Jo Stafford and Art Van Damme Quintet - 1956

12 - The Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening (from Here Comes The Groom) - Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine - 1951

13 - The Nearness of You - Jo Stafford - 1956

14 - Smoking My Sad Cigarette - Jo Stafford - 1952

15 - The Party's Over (from Bells Are Ringing) - Jo Stafford - 1969

16 - The Folks Who Live on the Hill - Jo Stafford - 1960

17 - A Thought in My Heart - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae - 1949

18 - Yes, Indeed! - Jo Stafford - 1941

19 - I'm Your Girl (from Me & Juliet) - Jo Stafford - 1953

20 - When I'm Not Near the Boy I Love (from Finian's Rainbow) - Jo Stafford - 1965

21 - Whispering Hope - Jo Stafford - 1978

22 - Shenandoah - Jo Stafford - 1961

23 - What Can I Say After I Say I'm Sorry - Jo Stafford - 1960

24 - I'll Be Seeing You - Jo Stafford - 1958

25 - Candy - Jo Stafford - 1960

26 - The Last Time I Saw Paris (from Lady Be Good) - Jo Stafford - 1960

DISC THREE:

01 - All The Things You Are (from Very Warm for May) - Jo Stafford - 1952

02 - If I Loved You (from Carousel) - Jo Stafford - 1947

03 - What Is This Thing Called Love (from Wake Up & Dream) - The Pied Pipers Feat. Jo Stafford - 1969

04 - Come Rain or Come Shine (from St. Louis Woman) - Jo Stafford - 1952

05 - With These Hands - Nelson Eddy & Jo Stafford - 1951

06 - Use Your Imagination (from Out Of This World) - Jo Stafford - 1950

07 - Three-Cornered Tune - Jo Stafford - 1951

08 - It Happened in Sun Valley (from Sun Valley Serenade) - Jo Stafford, The Starlighters - 1956

09 - Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Jo Stafford - 1953

10 - Oh! Look at Me Now - Jo Stafford - 1963

11 - Ghost of a Chance - Jo Stafford feat. Warren Covington, trombone - 1967

12 - My Heart's in the Highlands - Jo Stafford feat. Mitch Miller, oboe & English horn - 1953

13 - My One and Only Highland Fling (from The Barcleys of Broadway) - Jo Stafford & Gordon MacRae - 1949

14 - I Didn't Know About You - Jo Stafford with The Pied Pipers - 1944

15 - Indiscretion (from Indiscretion of an American Wife) - Jo Stafford & Liberace - 1953

16 - Old Devil Moon (from Finian's Rainbow - Jo Stafford - 1957

17 - For You - Jo Stafford With Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra - 1941

18 - Silence Is Golden - Jo Stafford, Vic Damone - 1957

19 - The King of Paris - Jo Stafford, Norman Luboff Choir - 1956

20 - I Should Care - Jo Stafford - 1958

21 - Stardust - Jo Stafford - 1950

22 - I See Your Face Before Me (from Between the Devil) - Jo Stafford - 1965

23 - You Belong to Me - Jo Stafford - 1952

24 - Stayin' Alive (from Saturday Night Fever) - Jo Stafford & Paul Weston (as Jonathan & Darlene Edwards) - 1979

25 - I Am Woman - Jo Stafford & Paul Weston (as Jonathan & Darlene Edwards) - 1979

DISC ONE PERMANENT LINK.

DISC TWO PERMANENT LINK.

DISC THREE PERMANENT LINK.

THIS  LINKFOR ALL THREE DISCS GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

Happy listening!  See you Monday.

  

Paging Paganini

Here's one man's version of the grandiose Violin Caprices of Niccolò Paganini.

01. Capriccio #1 In E (1:47)

02. Capriccio #2 In B Minor (2:45)

03. Capriccio #3 In E Minor (2:45)

04. Capriccio #4 In C (6:32)

05. Capriccio #5 In A Minor (2:43)

06. Capriccio #6 In G Minor (4:48)

07. Capriccio #7 In A Minor (3:56)

08. Capriccio #8 In E Flat (2:51)

09. Capriccio #9 In E (3:00)

10. Capriccio #10 In G Minor (2:06)

11. Capriccio #11 In C (3:55)

12. Capriccio #12 In A Flat (2:22)

13. Capriccio #13 In B Flat (2:37)

14. Capriccio 14 In E Flat (1:56)

15. Capriccio #15 In E Minor (2:42)

16. Capriccio #16 In G Minor (1:32)

17. Capriccio #17 In E Flat (3:42)

18. Capriccio #18 In C (2:32)

19. Capriccio #19 In E Flat (3:01)

20. Capriccio #20 In D (4:04)

21. Capriccio #21 In A (3:03)

22. Capriccio #22 In F (3:12)

23. Capriccio #23 In E Flat (5:06)

24. Capriccio #24 In A Minor (4:24)

These fun and devilish, quite competent!  Not quite as demented as Ruggerio Ricci’s 1973 release, but still lotsa fun!

THIS LINK GOOD FOR SEVEN DAYS.

You wouldn't think such a cute face could handle such deviltry, but Ehnes gives it the ole devil's college try.

PERMANENT LINK.

  

Someday Soon You'll Cry, Baby Blue, on the Hill

To wrap up this ANTHOLOGY AUGUST, a crop of youthful faves which still tug at my ears' heartstrings (is that possible?)!

MA-68 - 45s & Favorites, Disc 10:

01 - Fool on the Hill - Sergio Mendes and Brasil '66 - 1968  (3:05)

02 - Someday Soon - Judy Collins - 1969  (3:44)

03 - Fresh as a Daisy - Emitt Rhodes - 1970  (2:48)

04 - Walk a Mile in My Shoes - Joe South - 1968  (4:07)

05 - A Case of You - Joni Mitchell - 1971  (4:22)

06 - Temptation Eyes - The Grass Roots - 1969  (2:34)

07 - Loneliness Is Just a Word - Chicago - 1971  (2:36)

08 - Me and My Arrow - Harry Nilsson - 1970  (2:06)

09 - Cry Baby - Janis Joplin and Full Tilt Boogie - 1971  (3:55)

10 - Baby Blue - Badfinger - 1971  (3:35)

11 - Do You Want to Dance - Bette Midler - 1972  (2:43)

12 - Changes - David Bowie - 1971  (3:33)

13 - This Masquerade - Leon Russell - 1972  (2:59)

14 - Lose Again - Linda Ronstadt - 1976  (3:32)

15 - Going for the One - Yes - 1977  (5:29) 

16 - Jocko Homo - Devo - 1978  (3:38)

17 - Cheese and Onions - The Rutles - 1978  (2:39)

18 - It's Raining Again - Supertramp - 1982  (4:21)

19 - Trouble Again - Karla Bonoff - 1979  (3:32)

20 - Nights Are Forever (from Twilight Zone: The Movie) - Jennifer Warnes - 1983  (3:35)

21 - Dear Prudence - The Beatles-BRG-VM - 2011  (3:51)

When I first encountered Track 5, I read the song name before hearing it.  I thought it was a clever image.  "I've caught a case of you and I can't get over it!"  Imagine my shock when I heard Joni sing "I could drink a case of you."

Track 7 astounds me because it's so brief.  When I bought the 45, I figured it was a shortened version of a longer album track.  Imagine my surprise when I bought Chicago III and discovered this was it!

Track 8, of course, is from the TV movie The Point.  Have you seen it?

Track 17 is another little work of genius by Neil Innes for the Rutles.

I remember the video for Track 18, don't you?

Track 20 is briefly heard on a jukebox in Twilight Zone: The Movie.  It's a good song, given a stronger cachet by this knowledge, I think.

The last track is another exceptional entry from the Beatles Remixers Group.  It's a spiffy semi-rewind of "Dear Prudence," from LOUD to soft, instead of the original's soft to LOUD.

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Walk Like an Egyptian or Turning Japanese? We Belong!

If you can't find a familiar friend or new musical buddy in this compilation, you need to find a new planet.

01 - MTV Theme ''Man on the Moon'' - Jonathan Elias; John Petersen - 1981  (0:54)

02 - I Think I'm in Love - Eddie Money - 1982  (3:09)

03 - We Belong - Pat Benatar - 1984  (3:42)

04 - Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer - 1986  (4:05)

05 - Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel - 1987  (4:50)

06 - The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun - Julie Brown - 1984  (4:41)

07 - Turning Japanese - The Vapors - 1980  (3:47)

08 - Theme from “The Greatest American Hero” - Joey Scarbury - 1981  (3:15)

09 - Roll Over Beethoven (Long Version) - Electric Light Orchestra - 1973  (8:10)

10 - Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac - 1982  (3:46)

11 - Shakin' - Eddie Money - 1982  (3:10)

12 - The Warrior - Patty Smyth and Scandal - 1984  (3:58)

13 - Words - Missing Persons - 1983  (4:30)

14 - Shadows of the Night - Pat Benatar - 1982  (3:39)

15 - Mickey - Toni Basil - 1981  (3:38)

16 - Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo - 1982  (4:11)

17 - Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles - 1986  (3:24)

18 - Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel - 1982  (3:57)

For an added sensory overload experience, watch the videos of some of these, like "Shakin'," "Words," or "Sledge Hammer."

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See you Thursday, my compadre compilers!

  

The Water Is Wide, But Don't Say Goodbye!

... Or you'll miss all the fun of these nifty songs.  Some I heard on AM radio in the Seventies, others I encountered later.

01 - Goodbye - Mary Hopkin - 1969  (2:24)

02 - A Certain Kind - Bloodrock - 1971  (4:10)

03 - Friends - Elton John - 1971   (2:23)

04 - Wondr'ing Aloud/Wond'ring Again - Jethro Tull - 1971  (5:58)

05 - I Am I Said (edit) - Neil Diamond - 1971  (4:05)

06 - Oh Woman, Oh Why - Paul McCartney - 1971  (4:34)

07 - Don't Do It (live) - The Band - 1972   (4:27)

08 - Behind Blue Eyes - The Who - 1971   (3:41)

09 - Am I Blue - Bette Midler - 1972  (5:20)

10 - Grave Concern - Graham Nash - 1974  (2:46)

11 - The Bitch Is Back - Elton John - 1974  (3:44)

12 - Fame - David Bowie - 1975  (4:12)

13 - Beginnings - Steve Howe - 1975  (7:30)

14 - Saucy Sailor/Black Freighter (live) - Steeleye Span - 1978  (9:31)

15 - Bad Reputation - Joan Jett & the Blackhearts - 1980  (2:48)

16 - The Water Is Wide - Karla Bonoff - 1979  (4:56)

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"I Am Helpless Without My Computer" and Other Truths

 

Yeah, the 1980s had a lot going for it, including predictions of what's now common.

01 - I Am Helpless Without My Computer - The Nobodys  1984   (4:25)

02 - Back in Flesh - Wall of Voodoo  1981   (3:41)

03 - Porch - Personal Effects  1984   (2:53)

04 - Is This Love - Karen Lawrence  1986   (4:31)

05 - The Salt in My Tears - Martin Briley  1983   (3:24)

06 - The Fanatic - Felony  1983   (3:34)

07 - Color Anxiety - 9353  1983   (3:43)

08 - Mental Hopscotch - Missing Persons  1982   (3:15)

09 - You're Gettin' Even While I'm Gettin’ Odd - J Geils Band  1984   (6:46)

10 - Ways to Be Wicked - Lone Justice  1985   (3:25)

11 - Modern Man - National Pastime  1986   (4:09)

12 - Knight - Get Smart!  1984   (2:14)

13 - End of the World - Personal Effects  1984   (3:15)

14 - Love Me Too - Blanket of Secrecy  1982   (2:41)

15 - Running In Place - Iam Siam  1984   (3:28)

16 - Remote Control - Eternal Triangle  1984   (3:07)

17 - Fashion Hurts - Xex  1980   (2:12)

18 - Snake Dance - March Violets  1984   (4:55)

19 - The Computer Generation - Jyl  1984   (4:07)

20 - TV Man - The Bolshoi  1987   (4:35)

21 - Waiting Out the Eighties - The Coupe de Villes  1985   (3:08)

Listen to these fab songs while playing mental hopscotch.  Learn new ways to be wicked, while running in place and waiting out the Eighties.

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At least it'll be fun!  See you on Thursday.