You Honk, I'll Tonk

This 1955 LP has some very competent playing, but it's a bit TOO tongue-in-cheek for me, what with the sound effects you can notice here and there.

01. Tavern in the Town / Pony Boy / Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-yay (2:27)

02. Honeysuckle Rose (2:01)

03. Bill Bailey (2:13)

04. Mother Pin a Rose on Me (2:22)

05. How You Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (1:52)

06. Kitten on the Keys (2:13)

07. My Wild Irish Rose / Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1:48)

08. After the Ball Is Over / Take Me Out to the Ball Game / The Man on the Flying Trapeze (2:37)

09. Bicycle Built for Two / In the Good Old Summertime / The Band Played On (2:50)

10. Sidewalks of New York / The Bowery (1:58)

11. Girl of My Dreams (3:16)

Joe "Fingers" O'Shay - Honky Tonk Piano

See you on Thursday, OK?  OK!
 

Visit My New Blog to Learn About the Race to the Moon!

Yep, this is a proffering of all the hundreds of newspaper and magazine clippings I collected in the late 1960s.

Read all about it in the first post.

And there'll be new posts of a different contemporaneous news item (sometimes many pages at once) over MOON-DAY (get it)?

See you over there every Monday, at Mark's Moon Memories !

See you here (and there!) on Monday, campers!

  

Zambian Acapella

It's a 1993 CD which you may find charming.  For me it was a one-time listen.

01. Ine Ndiri Paulendo (I'm on My Way) (3:21)
02. I Stand Amazed (1:57)
03. Swing Down Sweet Chariot (2:35)
04. How Great Thou Art (2:34)
05. I Shiwi Yaishile (The Word Came) (3:34)
06. Balesa (Lord God) (3:44)
07. Medley (Jesus Carries Alone, Harmony, Nobody Knows, I Want to Go to Heaven) (6:57)
08. When This Passing World Is Done (1:57)
09. Hallelujah Chorus (3:23)

Acapella Away!

See you on Monday.

Too Slanted for Me

These are probably considered "art songs."  They're not necessarily accessible or melodic.  Even dear Emily's words can't save some of them.

01. Cary John Franklin - Musicians wrestle everywhere (3:25)

02. Robert Greenlee - This is my letter to the world (3:55)
03. William Roy - This Little Rose (1:54)
04. Robert Baksa - Two butterflies (3:10)
05. Robert Baksa - I'm nobody (1:03)
06. Aaron Copland - Going to Heaven! (3:29)
07. William Goldberg - I Shall Keep Singing (3:10)
08. Richard Pearson Thomas - Wild Nights – Wild Nights! (1:29)
09. Brian Banks - A Night (3:31)
10. Earl George - The heart asks a pleasure first ... (1:36)
11. Ethan Haimo - I Died for Beauty (3:06)
12. Donald Betts - Much Madness is divinest Sense (2:25)
13. Donald Betts - My Life Closed Twice before its Close (3:35)
14. Robert Baksa - There's a certain slant of light (4:13)
15. Ken Langer - I heard a fly (2:31)
16. Beth Wiemann - A Soul Selects (2:59)
17. Duke Aperans - Wild nights – wild nights (2:02)
18. John Duke - Have you got a brook in your little heart? (2:38)
19. John Duke - I taste a liquor never brewed (2:14)

new link 5-13-2022

A Different Slant of Light
new link 5-13-2022
To me, this album is depressing because the singer's voice has wild vibrato.  She can't stay on pitch.

See you on Thursday.

New Favorites for You!

Take a visit to our 50th state!

01. Moonlight and Shadows (2:18)

02. Bali Hai (2:26)
03. The Moon of Manakoora (2:55)
04. Jim, Johnny and Jonas (2:33)
05. Ho'Oheno Ke'ia No Beaute (1:40)
06. I Wish They Didn't Mean Goodbye (3:19)
07. Waipi'o (2:26)
08. South Sea Island Magic (2:23)
09. A Sleepy Lagoon (3:02)
10. Waikapu (2:45)
11. Tower of Love (3:06)
12. Vana Vana (1:59)

Alfred Apaka's Favorites

See you on Monday!

Sleazy, Meet Cheesy!

This is a 1982 release which is competently performed but distressingly cheesy.

01. Chariots of Fire (3:23)

02. Endless Love (3:53)
03. Baby James (2:18)
04. Fame (3:10)
05. Sunshine Love (3:56)
06. Cavatina (Deer Hunter Theme) (3:32)
07. The Homecoming (2:34)
08. On Golden Pond (3:10)
09. Music Box Dancer (3:21)
10. Can You  Read My Mind (Superman) (3:24)
11. 9 to 5 (4:04)
12. "Spooked" on Classics (2:42)
13. Arthur's Theme (3:53)
14. Seduction (American Gigolo) (3:21)
15. Across the Sea (3:14)
16. The Rose (3:18)

Track 12, "Spooked on Classics," is really disappointing, with lame "scary" laughs.  If you cringe, then we share mutual discomfort levels.

Piano Hits

See you on Thursday!

MA-156 - Seventies Strut

Yes, this cover design is an intentional deceit.  Because these boffo tracks are not the kind of song you'd hear on Top-40 radio in the Seventies.  They're better!

Even if a little odd.

01 - Do the Boob - The Real Kids - 1977  (2:17)
02 - Don't Talk to Me - The Eyes - 1978  (1:31)
03 - Popgun - Mary Monday and the Bitches - 1977  (1:20)
04 - Empty - SST - 1978  (2:00)
05 - Death to Disco - Notsensibles - 1979  (3:16)
06 - (I Wanna) Burnout - The Korps - 1978  (2:09)
07 - Amateur Surgeon - The Vores - 1978  (2:19)
08 - Money Talks - Penetration - 1978  (1:41)
09 - Nobody Knows - Destroy All Monsters - 1979  (3:25)
10 - IRT - Snatch - 1977  (2:05)
11 - You're So Strange - The Zippers - 1977  (2:46)
12 - Aerosol Burns - Essential Logic - 1978  (1:59)
13 - Ambivalence and Spark Plugs - Immune Systems - 1979  (2:54)
14 - Stimulation - Penetrators - 1979  (2:35)
15 - Eddie and Sheena - Electric Chairs - 1978  (4:26)
16 - Action Time Vision - Alternative TV - 1978  (2:31)
17 - I Wanna Play with Guns - Needles and Pins - 1977  (3:00)
18 - All Queued Up - Deaf School - 1978  (3:02)
19 - Counting (demo) - The Motels - 1978  (4:41)
20 - I Can't Do Anything - X-Ray Spex - 1978  (2:56)
21 - Disco's Dead - The Bags - 1979  (2:12)
22 - Happy Song (live) - The Eyes - 1978  (2:37)
23 - Exhibition - Pneumania - 1979  (2:53)
24 - I'm Talking to You - The Maps - 1979  (3:02)
25 - I Woke Up Dreaming - Teenage Jesus & the Jerks - 1978  (3:05)
26 - CN Tower - The Poles - 1977  (2:52)
27 - I'm Alive - 999 - 1977  (2:28)
28 - Don't Misbehave in the New Age - Animals and Men - 1979  (2:04)
29 - Animal Instincts (live) - Model Citizens - 1979  (2:22)
30 - Strange Boy - Blitz - 1978  (3:02)

https://www.filefactory.com/file/2q0rvfv8pvyw/MA-156.rar

So, DL a little Seventies weirdness and give it a listen.  You'll thank me for it!

See you back here on Monday, campers!
 

Symphonies of the Planets

Yup, this is a album of filtered white noise from space.  All gussied up with a spiffy cover.  It's one track, about a half-hour long.

Symphonies of the Planets

Now you too can space out!

See you on Thursday.
 

Eduard Klassen - Folk Harp Melodies

You may like this or be repulsed.  It all depends on your appreciation for "wall-of-sound" synth.  In my opinion, the synth makes the acceptable harp music unbearable.

01. Be Still and Know (3:39)
02. God Is So Good (1:30)
03. God Is Love (1:38)
04. Emmanuel (2:29)
05. Praise to the Lord (1:58)
06. Morning Has Broken (2:26)
07. When I Survey (2:43)
08. Children of the Heavenly Father (2:10)
09. Church in the Wildwood (2:16)
10. Jesus Loves Me (3:11)
11. He Counted the Stars (2:15)
12. When Peace Like a River (2:39)
13. This Is the Day (2:33)
14. Oh, How I Love Jesus (2:30)
15. Day by Day (2:51)
16. Holy, Holy, Holy (3:20)

17. Rock of Ages (2:23)

Can you take it?

See you Monday.

  

A Great Movie

This rerecording of the Victor Young score may bring some fun memories back to you.  The film is one of the all-time greats!

01. Main Title & Castletown Opening (2:03)
02. This Way / Journey to Innisfree & Humble Cottage (2:28)
03. Sean Sees Mary Kate for the First Time (Sheep Grazing) / Arrival in Innisfree (2:37)
04. The Wild Colonial Boy / River Cottage (2:24)
05. The Race (3:14)
06. The Courting / Bicycle Made for Two (Village Street) (3:46)
07. Love Scene (The Stream / The Graveyard) (4:24)
08. Trooper Thorn (The Fight Bell) (1:25)
09. The Isle of Innisfree (3:25)
10. I’ll Take You Home Again Kathleen (3:48)
11. Cottage Fireside (Forlorn) (2:43)
12. Galway Bay (2:28)
13. Prelude to the Big Fight (2:53)
14. The Fight (2:29)
15. Finale and End Title (2:10)
16. The Isle of Innisfree (Reprise) (4:10)

Quiet

 

See you on Thursday!

  

Hit Me!

And it's an all-star lineup, too!  That is, if you believe the record company.

01. My Window Faces South (2:07)
02. Route 66 (2:42)
03. San Antonio Rose (2:49)
04. Hey Good Lookin' (3:16)
05. Stand By Your Man (2:39)
06. Settin' The Woods On Fire (3:20)
07. Ramblin' Man (5:20)
08. Have You Ever Been Lonely (2:18)
09. Call Me The Breeze (4:33)
10. Breakdown On The Freeway (2:07)
11. Maiden's Prayer (3:34)
12. I'll See You In My Dreams (2:18)
13. Hawaii How Are Ya? (3:30)
14. Cherokee Maiden (2:20)
15. Across The Alley From The Alamo (2:17)
16. Faded Love (4:01)
I do think you'll probably like this visit to some great American tunes.

Hits of Western Swing

See you Monday, for who-knows-what!?!

Are They YOUR "Favorites"?

It's short, but mighty, this 1951 release.

01. Band of America March (2:55)

02. El Capitan (2:08)

03. The Washington Grays (3:42)

04. Barnum and Bailey's Favorite (2:42)

05. Colonel Bogey March (2:34)

06. Washington Post March (2:22)

07. Onward, Christian Soldiers (2:39)

08. Stars and Stripes Forever (3:23)

America's Favorite Marches

Yes, there is some surface noise, but this is as cleaned-up as it can get without degrading things ...

See you on Thursday for the last installment in this year's 2020 SPOCKEBRATION!

Songs of the West, Vol 4

Don't ask me about Volumes 1-3!

01. Al Caiola - The Magnificent Seven (2:05)
02. Al Caiola & His Orchestra - Bonanza (2:17)
03. Tex Ritter - High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) (2:48)
04. CBS Orchestra - Gunsmoke (0:59)
05. Hugo Montenegro - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (2:47)
06. ABC Orchestra - The Lone Ranger (William Tell Overture) (1:15)
07. Gene Autry - South of the Border (Down Mexico Way) (2:55)
08. Frankie Laine - Rawhide (2:08)
09. Roy Rogers with Spade Cooley & His Western Swing Band - On the Old Spanish Trail (2:43)
10. NBC Orchestra - Wagon Train (0:50)
11. Marty Robbins - Ballad of the Alamo (3:42)
12. Orchestra & Chorus Conducted by David Buttolph - Maverick (1:15)
13. Roy Rogers - Don't Fence Me In (2:50)
14. Johnny Cash - The Rebel - Johnny Yuma (1:53)
15. Johnny Western - The Ballad of Paladin (2:10)
16. Hugh O'Brian with Ken Darby's Orchestra & Choru - Legend of Wyatt Earp (2:42)
17. ABC Orchestra Conducted by Herschel Burke Gilbert - The Rifleman (1:49)
18. Bill Hayes - The Ballad of Davy Crockett (2:26)
19. montage - Changing Channels (1:09)

Songs Of The West, Vol 4

I'll look for you back here on Monday for our final week of our JULY SPOCKEBRATION!
 

Any OU Fans Out There?

Nobody knows when this cassette was released.  I can tell you that Gene Thrailkill was director of OU band 1971-2001 (when he retired).

01 - Reveille   (0:22)

02 - Pledge of Allegiance   (0:14)

03 - National Anthem   (1:17) *

04 - Stars and Stripes Forever   (2:41)

05 - National Emblem March   (2:26)

06 - National Melodies   (2:06)

07 - America the Beautiful   (1:52) *

08 - America  (0:15) *

09 - Drum Cadence   (0:06)  

10 - United States Army March   (1:09)

11 - US Air Force Song   (2:41)

12 - Marine Hymn   (1:55)

13 - Anchors Aweigh   (2:57)

14 - Yankee Doodle Dandy   (0:34)

15 - Battle Hymn of the Republic   (1:43)

16 - Taps   (0:42)

* with students of Wiley Post Elementary School

You may be inspired -- who knows?

Patriotic Songs of the USA

See you on Thursday, you ol' patriots, you!

   

Hope Your Home Is Sweet, Too!

It's a 1983 cassette.

01. Wooden Nickel (2:56)

02. Evening Mail (3:13)
03. Texas Home (2:47)
04. Goin’ Back ... (2:49)
05. Little Streams of Whiskey (2:40)
06. Cowboy Song (3:25)
07. Pig Ankle Rag (3:13)
08. I'm Gettin' Ready to Go (4:02)
09. Peach Pickin' Time (2:51)
10. Glory in the Meeting House (3:07)
11. Angelina Baker (3:55)
12. High Cost of Livin' (2:45)
13. St Basil's Hymn (2:07)
14. Blue Ridge Mt Refuge (3:09)

Critten Hollow String Band - Sweet Home

See you on Monday -- we're halfway through this 2020 JULY SPOCKEBRATION!

  

As Opposed to the Imitation Kansas City Next Door

Have a swingin' old time!

01. Kater Street Rag - Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra (2:33)

02. Boot to Boot - Jesse Stone & His Blues Serenaders (3:01)
03. Won’t You Come Over to My House? - George E Lee’s Novelty Singing Orchestra, Julia Lee (2:51)
04. Paseo Street (Strut) - George E Lee’s Novelty Singing Orchestra (2:43)
05. Blue Devil Blues - Walter Page’s Blue Devils (2:48)
06. Prince of Wails - Bennie Moten’s Kansas City Orchestra (2:52)
07. Queer Notions - Fletcher Henderson & His Orchestra (2:52)
08. Lotta Sax Appeal - Andy Kirk & His 12 Clouds of Joy (2:57)
09. Lady Be Good - Jones-Smith, Inc (3:08)
10. Rockin’ and Swingin’ - Don Albert & His Orchestra (2:41)
11. Western (Moten) Swing (a.k.a. “Moten Swing”) - Carolina Cotton Pickers (2:32)
12. Swinging at the Chat and Chew - Original Yellow Jackets (2:54)
13. Life Goes to a Party - Harry James & His Orchestra (2:53)
14. Cherry Red - Pete Johnson & His Boogie Woogie Boys (2:56)
15. Lester Leaps In - Count Basie’s Kansas City Seven (3:16)
16. T-Town Blues - Ernie Fields & His Orchestra (2:55)
17. Tickle Toe - Count Basie & His Orchestra (2:39)
18. Baby, Look at You - Pete Johnson & His Boogie Woogie Boys (3:04)
19. Little Joe from Chicago - Mary Lou Williams (2:37)
20. I Left My Baby - Count Basie & His Orchestra (3:15)
21. My Gal Sal - Harlan Leonard & His Rockets (2:59)
22. Swingmatism - Jay Mcshann & His Orchestra (2:43)
23. Harvard Blues - Count Basie & His Orchestra (3:21)
24. Smooth Sailing - Horace Henderson & His Orchestra (2:57)
25. Long Gone Blues - Billie Holliday & Her Orchestra (3:04)

Lemme know what you think.

Real Kansas City

See you on Thursday, my fellow Americans!

Traditional Flute Music of the Native American

My problem is, the cassette liner (and Discogs) say that this cassette had 14 tracks.  For the life of me, I found only 12.  Feel free to paste all the single tracks together and divide by 14 if you wish.  No, the timings didn't match the blank spaces between selections either.

Traditional Flute Music of the Native American

See you Monday!
 

God Bless America Volume 3

01. God Bless the USA (3:13)
02. America the Beautiful (3:08)
03. God Bless America (3:11)
04. The Crusader (4:40)
05. Hands Across the Sea (2:42)
06. The Diplomat March (3:10)
07. The Thunderer (2:35)
08. El Capitan (2:18)
09. American Patrol (3:36)
10. Amazing Grace (4:19)
11. The Star Spangled Banner (1:42)

This is what you may call "Various Artists," but none of them are credited.  Some notes, however:

Track #1 may be the "original" Lee Greenwood, but some sneaky editing has removed the word “today” from the first verse:  “I’d thank my lucky stars to be livin’ here ......”

#2 sounds like the terrible vocalist heard on DC Talk’s Jesus Freak album who sings some of the lines to the title song.  Just creepy.

#3 OK, but some of the pronunciations don’t sound like Americans are singing.  Especially “from the mountains, to the prairies”

The instrumental marches aren’t bad, they sound like a circus band – enthusiastic even if not perfect.

#10 The woman has a big fruity voice with too much vibrato and she drifts off pitch in the a capella sections.  Too bad.

#11 The same poor lady over-performs our national anthem.

Well, see what you think.  Even such a mish-mash can't dull the wonders of "the only country deliberately founded on a good idea," as John Gunther once wrote.

See you on Thursday, fellow Americans and all other wellwishers!

UPDATE:  Thanks to the person who pointed out that I did not post the link!


God Bless America, Volume 3