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Member	Item		Review/Comment
LaurenceD SUBS 2nd Jun 2022		Vinyl Album The Twisters - Doin' The Twist	An assortment of rather pedestrian twist instrumentals; but for those with a need to twist to "Take Me Out To The Ball Game", then this LP is just the ticket. Does anyone have some info about this New York Fortuna label? d'cogs has this as a 1962 release, but I have found nothing to support that so far.
LaurenceD SUBS 30th May 2022		78 RPM Jimmy Dodd And Ruth Carrell - Think Of The Fun / I Never Will Forget You	Estimating release date as 1946 until we have more definite information. The same participants were involved in a release of two different tracks on Enterprise 225/226, ca. Nov 1946; that release has matrix nos. SH 1085 & SH 1084, so these sides could have originated at the same session.
LaurenceD SUBS 29th May 2022		78 RPM Felix Figueroa - Pico And Sepulveda (The Street Song) / She Of The Black Coffee Eyes	Felix Chevrolet (on Figueroa St.) celebrated its 100th year in 2021.
LaurenceD SUBS 27th May 2022		Vinyl Album The Gary McFarland Orchestra - The Jazz Version Of "How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying"	The Billboard review date (Dec 18) would suggest that this release was rushed out, given that it was recorded in mid-November.
LaurenceD SUBS 27th May 2022		CD Album Mojo Nixon And Skid Roper - Bo-Day-Shus!!!	This one appears to have been issued for sale in the USA, UK and Europe.
LaurenceD SUBS 24th May 2022		Vinyl Album Tyree Glenn - At The Roundtable	Looking at the trade magazines, the stereo release was issued in December 1958, but I cannot find a mention of the mono version until February of 1959.
LaurenceD SUBS 24th May 2022		Vinyl Album [no artist listed] - dbx Presents Adventures In Recorded Silence	I notice that each side has the same runout info: dbx-000-A/B AL+ 5-24-79 So it seems like they cheated a bit ...
LaurenceD SUBS 21st May 2022		Vinyl Album The Beach Boys - Live In London	Added scans from regular issue (not Columbia House)
LaurenceD SUBS 19th May 2022		Vinyl Album Bruce Springsteen - Royalty Of Rock : A Celebration Of The Rock Empire	I do not have the cue sheet. The title "Bruce Springsteen I" would suggest that there was an additional hour or program, not sure. A summary of the four segments from listening: segment 1: narration; BS snippet; "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)"; Jimmy Iovine snippet; "Born To Run" segment 2: (BJ ?) snippet; "Thunder Road"; narration; Robert Hilburn snippet; Cameron Crowe snippet; "The Promised Land" segment 3: Flo & Eddie snippet; "Hungry Heart"; narration; "Out In The Street" segment 4: "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out"; (?) snippet; "Blinded By The Light"; Cameron Crowe snippet; "I'm a Rocker"
LaurenceD SUBS 19th May 2022		Vinyl Album John Lennon - Royalty Of Rock : A Celebration Of The Rock Empire	A cue sheet (which I don't have) was provided with each program. A summary of the contents of each segment: segment 1: "Gimme Some Truth"; narration; JL snippet; "God"; narration; JL snippet; "Instant Karma" segment 2: "Imagine"; Robert Hilburn snippet; "Mind Games"; Nikki Wine (sp?) snippet; "#9 Dream" segment 3: "Whatever Gets You Thru The Night"; JL snippet; Jimmy Iovine snippet; "Stand By Me"; Jimmy Iovine snippet segment 4: Ed Rosenblatt snippet; "Just Like Starting Over"; Ed Rosenblatt snippet; "Watching The Wheels"; Peter Noone snippet; "Woman"
LaurenceD SUBS 16th May 2022		78 RPM Benny Goodman Sextet - Boy Meets Goy (逢びき) / Original Boogie Woogie (オリジナル・ブーギー・ウーギー)	Recordings from 1939 & 1940. Given the situation in Japan (and "Nippon Columbia Co, Ltd." on the labels), I reckon that this was probably released after the war. Interesting that each label has a tempo indication. Also, "Boy Meets Goy" understandably did not easily translate to Japanese; "逢びき" roughly translates to "meeting" or "encounter". As it turns out, 逢びき was the title for the Japanese release of the 1945 film "Brief Encounter".
LaurenceD SUBS 16th May 2022		78 RPM The Drifters - White Christmas / The Bells Of St. Mary's	I added clearer scans (with respect to coveboy), and flipped the side order; I'm pretty sure that "White Christmas" was the intended a-side.
LaurenceD SUBS 16th May 2022		CD Album The Surf Coasters - Outside Break	Stumbled across this CD and became an instant fan; only regret is that it took me so long to find out about this band. Fivenine Factory is a Japanese label, but it looks like this was released specifically for the USA (printed in Canada) in anticipation of their September 2008 west coast tour, which began in Seattle and ended in El Segundo. I think that the CD was available for purchase at the gigs. This release is similar to their Japanese "Breakout" CD, with a couple of different tracks. If you're a fan of surf rock, I give this (and their earlier releases) a strong recommendation.
LaurenceD SUBS 13th May 2022		12" Single The Krieger-Densmore Reggae Bonanza - Kinky Reggae	Recorded around the same time as the second Butts Band LP, and with the same lineup, as shown in the photo insert. In addition to the wrong photo on the cover, Alex Richman was credited as Richmond.
LaurenceD SUBS 13th May 2022		Vinyl Album Bill Haley And His Comets - Rock Around The Clock	Added front cover & label scans from a later pressing. The cover was rearranged to accommodate the stereo release.
LaurenceD SUBS 8th May 2022		Vinyl Album Roy Acuff Jr. - Roy Acuff Jr.	The cover shows the catalog number as LSP-150, which I assume is an error.
LaurenceD SUBS 8th May 2022		Vinyl Album Born Ready - Bad Boys	The running time is about 7-8 minutes per side, so I guess I'd call this a mini-album.
LaurenceD SUBS 8th May 2022		Vinyl Album The Everly Brothers - Born Yesterday	Added scans. I hid the existing cover image (1956839), which does not appear to be from the USA release.
LaurenceD SUBS 5th May 2022		CD Album Randy Newman - Trouble In Paradise	From Cash Box June 25, 1983, page 8: "Warner/Elektra/Atlantic Corp. recently announced its initial releases of Compact Digital (CD) Audio Discs, set to be out on Aug 1." I have included a snippet from the Cash Box article which lists all of those releases.
LaurenceD SUBS 5th May 2022		CD Album Randy Newman - James And The Giant Peach	"My Name Is James", "That's The Life", "Eating The Peach" and "Family" are sung by various cast members. "Good News" is sung by Randy Newman. The remaining tracks are instrumental.
LaurenceD SUBS 5th May 2022		CD Album Randy Newman - Randy Newman's "Faust"	I attended Randy's solo benefit performance at the La Jolla Playhouse around the time of Faust's premier. Attendees were given a copy of this CD. He played several numbers from the musical along with his more familiar songs. It sounded like many of the cast members were in attendance as well; you could hear them responding to his inside jokes about the production. I also attended one performance of the musical itself, which I enjoyed, although I tended to agree with the L.A. Times review, which stated that the show needed some tightening up here & there. I'm sorry to say however, that after seeing the show, and hearing Randy's renditions, this album sounds rather bland in comparison, and I have trouble warming up to it.
LaurenceD SUBS 29th Apr 2022		Vinyl Album Goose Creek Symphony - Welcome To Goose Creek	Added red labels. I'm assuming that the existing label scans (853913, 853924) are the green ones, photo'd under poor lighting conditions.
LaurenceD SUBS 29th Apr 2022		Vinyl Album Marie Powers - In Concert	Looks like the folks at Atlantic ventured outside their normal territory with this release. I don't know if they tried something similar again. BTW you can see that both sides of my copy have labels that have been pasted over other labels; the ones underneath have a slightly different layout.
LaurenceD SUBS 26th Apr 2022		Vinyl Album The United States Of America - The United States Of America	Co-composer Ed Bogas credited correctly on the sleeve; on the labels as E. Bogus
LaurenceD SUBS 26th Apr 2022		Cassette Album The Animal Kwackers - Christmas Favorites	This has no connection to the UK TV series; instead, it sounds like an attempt to ride the coattails of the Jingle Cats release from the previous Christmas season. The main difference here is the addition of sampled barnyard animals.
LaurenceD SUBS 18th Apr 2022		Classical Item Robert Taub - Schumann: Davidsbündler-Tänze	Release date of 1987 estimated. The disc is a product of LaserVideo, Inc., which manufactured audio discs from late 1986 up until January 1988.
LaurenceD SUBS 16th Apr 2022		Classical Item RCA Victor Chorale And Orchestra - Mass In B Minor	Looks like it is John Barrows; see here also (search the page for Barrows).
LaurenceD SUBS 15th Apr 2022		Vinyl Album Cyril Ritchard - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland	I suppose that the copy that I posted here is not a first pressing, seeing the labels with "Bill Grauer Productions, Inc." crossed out.
LaurenceD SUBS 11th Apr 2022		Cassette Album Joni Mitchell - Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm	Images 2948433-2948437 from BMG Direct Marketing release: C160304
LaurenceD SUBS 11th Apr 2022		Vinyl Album Josh White - Josh White Sings	Compiled from Mercury LP releases from the 1950s and 1960s. Some tracks may also have been taken from Josh's Keynote albums from the 1940s (the Keynote masters were acquired by Mercury in 1948). I would have to listen and compare various tracks to be sure of their sources though. I estimated the 1966 release date - the earliest mention of the Blue Ribbon label that I've found is from Record World, March 12, 1966. It was one of the 'higher-grade' labels from Premier, at $1.98 retail. This LP, along with the other 9 items shown on the back cover, was part of the initial Blue Ribbon release.

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