The Wonderful and the Obscure

A look at some of the more remarkable items found during 40 years of collecting all manner of recordings. For information on saving these files, see the top box on the right.

Thursday, March 12, 2026

Mary Jo and Ted "Millionaire" Kennedy

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Today's record is called "The Spoiled Millionaire" and it's by the great Gene Marshall. I'm sure that when I got this ...
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Saturday, February 28, 2026

This Record Goes Round and Round

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It's been a bit of a crazy month, and I've only just barely gotten two posts out, for the first time since last June. And I'm st...
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Saturday, February 14, 2026

A Very Noval Valentine's Day

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It's Valentine's Day! There is no better way to celebrate such a day than with a dull and dreary sounding small combo, led by an uni...
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Saturday, January 31, 2026

Guess Who's Gung Ho!!! It's Gene "Go Hung" Marshall!!!!

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  Last week's post contained one song which was indirectly about Vietnam, or at least had lyrics which would have been at least less li...
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Saturday, January 24, 2026

An Important Find: "The Revox Singers" AKA Rodd Keith and Friend

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I have something outstanding for you today, and it's another piece of the Rodd Keith story which has not previously been identified as s...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Gibberish From Halmark!

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  Hello!  I'd wish you a Happy New Year, but that concept doesn't seem possible already, just 14 days in.   I took a bit of a break ...
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Wednesday, December 31, 2025

The Night is Almost Over, and The Year is Almost Over, Too

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Happy New Year's Eve! 2026 can't get here quickly enough. Let's hope it's a damn sight better than 2025. As John Lennon once...
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Saturday, December 27, 2025

Well, They Can't All Be Winners - Not Even When They're By Rodd Keith

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  Today, I thought I'd get another pair of previously unavailable Rodd Keith songs out there into the ether. In this case, he's hear...
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Friday, December 12, 2025

You Gotta Have Faith

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 Quick, shout out the first few adjectives that come to mind when you think of Santa! "Jolly?" Sure. "Fat?" Of Course. ...
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Sunday, November 30, 2025

The Crafty Styles of Stylecraft Records

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Right off the bat, I'm going to acknowledge that I don't know for certain is Stylecraft was actually a song-poem label, or if it was...
Sunday, November 23, 2025

Give the Drummer Some!

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  I don't have a lot to say about today's offering, particularly not the first of the two I'm sharing. The singer is Eleanor Sha...
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Tuesday, November 11, 2025

Feeling Lower Than a Cold Duck's Instep (I'm Not Hitting the Bottle Anymore)

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First up, I definitely want to share this. Two posts ago, I shared two insane songs  about dancing and Cupid. And I pointed out that the son...
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Bob Purse
Arlington Heights, Illinois, United States
I'm the father of two amazing young adults, married to the most wonderful woman in the world, and I work in the mental health field. I play several instruments and record my own music. I'm a long time record collector, hoarder of unusual, rare or unique recorded sound, musical, spoken word or other, and am glad to have found this outlet to share some of my favorite parts of it with others.
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