Spock’s Record Round-Up

Monday, January 30, 2023

You Can Resonate with Me Any Time, Baby!

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It's a 1999 release. 01. Ave Maria (5:25) 02. Ave Verum Corpus (4:57) 03. Hymn to Saint Cecilia (11:15) 04. See the Chariot at Hand (4:3...
Thursday, January 26, 2023

Thrill Out

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It's a 2002 album of surf-type instrumentals. 01. 1313 Mockingbird Lane (3:13) 02. Shot in the Dark (2:28) 03. Hypnotique / Our Man Flin...
Monday, January 23, 2023

Exotica Goes Too Far!

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That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it! 01. African Fantasy (Mambo) (4:02) 02. Chango (Mambo) (4:04) 03. Jungle Sunset (Bolero)...
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Thursday, January 19, 2023

An Organ Ring

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This 2006 release is, as you might imagine, an organ transcription of music from Wagner's Ring series. 01. Das Rheingold - Vorspiel (4:3...
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Monday, January 16, 2023

I Dare You to Stay Awake

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It's supposed to be relaxing, but I must be wired wrong. I was bored out of my head. It’s not restful, it’s just boring. 01 - Introspect...
Thursday, January 12, 2023

Take a Peek at This Majestic Procession

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It's another grand presentation from the Musical Heritage Society.  1991 is the release date. Some may snicker, but my first exposure to...
Monday, January 9, 2023

Come Wizz Mee to de Outer Space-uh!

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That's my attempt at a fake accent, a la the French knights in Monty Python and the Holy Grail . 01. Strange Eruptions (0:40) 02. Nebul...
Thursday, January 5, 2023

Sealed with a Bliss

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This 1980 cassette may take you to dreamland! 01. Sea of Bliss (29:33) 02. Awakening (24:49) Sea of Bliss See you Monday, if you've ...
Monday, January 2, 2023

Tarang-a-Dang-a-Ding-Dong!

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Or, encounter some new "musical traditions"! The players are Pandit Kamalesh Maitra on tabla tarang, and Trilok Gurtu on tabla. 01...
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Thursday, December 29, 2022

All There on the Nut Tin

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Or, "adorable is as adorable does." BTW, the track "Pat-A-Pan" doesn't appear on this 1994 cassette, and we should p...
Monday, December 26, 2022

Gallopin' Galway!

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This 1986 cassette is much better than I expected.  Less cheesy, i mean.   The performances come across as straightforward and not maudlin. ...
Thursday, December 22, 2022

I'm Swede on Christmas

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Maybe you'll be too.   01. Sankta Lucia (2:52) 02. God morgon, mitt herrskap (0:46) 03. Staffan Stalledräng (2:18) 04. Stilla natt, heli...
Monday, December 19, 2022

Harping on Christmas

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It's a 1994 cassette. Charming and enchanting, you might call it muted in places. 01. Angels and Shepherds (Nesem vam Noviny) (2:22) 02...
Thursday, December 15, 2022

Don't Deserve a HALO

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That is, the company releasing this treacle is "HALO." It's a 1976 cassette.  Everyone involved in this should be ashamed for ...
Monday, December 12, 2022

Define "Best"

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I can't find any providence concerning this effort.  And about the final fourth of the tunes aren't even piano, they're organ! 0...
Thursday, December 8, 2022

Made in Germany, Sold in America

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It's a 1986 cassette. 01. The Holly and the Ivy (2:06) 02. We Three Kings (4:22) 03. Shiloh (3:00) 04. Baloo Lammy (2:29) 05. ...
Monday, December 5, 2022

Have Yourself an Agey Little Christmas

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This 2006 release is a little calming, a little cloying, a mix of synths and some guitars and such. 01. Jolly Old St. Nick (2:01) 02. Little...
Thursday, December 1, 2022

Welcome to Spocky Christmas 2022!

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We'll start out the festive Yule with this super-well-played 1989 cassette. 01. The First Noel (2:31) 02. O Little Town of Bethlehem (2:...
Monday, November 28, 2022

All Tuned Up

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And you can tune in! BRG-22 - Tuned To A Natural E Volume 8, disc 1 01 - Intro - The Beatles   CC01 - 02 - Misery - The Beatles  GB 03...
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Thursday, November 24, 2022

Step Back and You Can See It

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Or if you scrunch up your eyes a bit ... The evidence of the crime follows herewith ... 01 - Tuned to a Natural E Reprise - The Beatles  SB ...
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Monday, November 21, 2022

Consider Yourself Properly Tea-sed

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It's a 2011 release from the Prefab Four! 01. I Must Be in Love (live) (3:13) 02. With a Girl Like You (live) (1:52) 03. Ouch! (live) (2...
Thursday, November 17, 2022

Let It Be Three?

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The last of the three rewarping work. 01 - Rain on Us - The Beatles  TJT - 2012 02 - Dig a Pony - The Beatles  Paulo - 2012 03 - Because Tim...
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Monday, November 14, 2022

"Remixed Disc Deux" -- It Almost Rhymes

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It's the middle of three. 01 - Two of Us - The Beatles  TJT - 2012 02 - Dig a Pony - The Beatles  Magoocus - 2012 03 - Across the Univer...
Thursday, November 10, 2022

Let It Be Remixed, Disc 1

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In 2012 the redoubtable Beatles Remixers Group put their multiple heads together to work on Let It Be . 01 - Two of Us - The Beatles  Gabrie...
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Monday, November 7, 2022

More Fab Four Frolics

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BRG-04 - The BRG Files Volume 02 It's a 1984 two-disc release, for which I regularized the volume, created disc art, and added metadata....
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