Spock’s Record Round-Up

Monday, December 26, 2011

Favorites of the Roaring Twenties

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This is a great collection, dubbed from a cassete.  Fun music, optimistic in tone overall. Here are the songs: Favorites of the R...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

The Gift of Memories

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More musical memories of a tail-end Baby Boomer.  Here are the songs: 1969 1          Give Peace A Chance                      John L...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Love Those Swingle Medleys!

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The Swingle Singers have been around (with various staff changes) for decades.  Their signature bright, multilayered acapella sound really...
Thursday, December 15, 2011

Springtime in December

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There may be a lot of you who first encountered Stravinksy's Rite of Spring when watching Fantasia .  That's the way it was wi...
Monday, December 12, 2011

The Children of the Day Christmas Album

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From 1975, here is a heartfelt and really well-produced album.  CLICK ALERT though -- I found it at the Goodwill a couple of months ago,...
Thursday, December 8, 2011

The King of Elfland's Daughter

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You know, I bet you could do a "Degrees of Christopher Lee" and get to ANYBODY pretty easily.  For example, he's the narr...
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Monday, December 5, 2011

MA-42 - Happy Christmas Time

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Here is a collection I’ve made of Christmas music from many different sources, from lounge to very traditional, from instrumentals to ve...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011

"Beruhmte Ouverturen" Sounds So Classy

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It means "Famous Overtures."  And they are! 1) William Tell Overture - Rossini 2) The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture - ...
Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Gipsy Band

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Erno Kalli Kiss Jr is a big name in Gypsy Music, as far as I can tell.  This is another thrift store cassette treasure.  My heart always s...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011

It Makes Me Mellow

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I couldn't help but think of the Elton John song when posting this CD. When we first entered the CD age at our house, this was porba...
Wednesday, November 9, 2011

MA-26 - Break -Ins from Beyond

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Along with the rising of mass media and a united pop culture in the twentieth century came a realization that folks might have shared the sa...
Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Farewell to a King-Sized Sweetheart

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Here’s what the Daily Oklahoman ’s obit read March 22, 1959 - October 28, 2011 MOORE Mark Lynn Barragar left this life to be with th...
Monday, October 31, 2011

Under the Halloween Tree

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We end this Halloween season with a bit of gentle fun, John Debney's enchanting soundtrack to the 1994 telefilm The Halloween Tree . ...
Friday, October 28, 2011

You Heard it in Alien

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When I first saw Alien in the theatre in 1979, I snuck out to the lobby after it ended and called my wife from a pay phone, telling her ...
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