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.

Friday, October 26, 2007

Who Knows This Melody?

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It suddenly occured to me that maybe, someday, someone will drop by my humble blog abode, someone who knows the name of this melody.  The lo...
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Tuesday, October 09, 2007

Shame On the Man Who Tattooed Her!

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Today's song is "TATTOOED LADY" by Rudy Vallee and His Connecticut Yankees.   I just got this record, which I REALLY wanted fo...
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007

Merigail Circa 1980

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As promised at both the 365 days project and in my previous post here, I am presenting a short tape sent to me by one of Merigail Moreland...
Monday, September 10, 2007

More Merigail

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After my recent post to the 365 project, of a bunch of Merigail Moreland material , there were several requests that I post the rest of what...
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Friday, August 10, 2007

I Won't Always Love a Cake of Ice

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Listening to a new 45 aquisition this evening with a friend, I was reminded of a somewhat similar 45 from the same era, a bubbly b-side obsc...
Thursday, August 02, 2007

You Know How Soft It Can Be

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I may be virtually alone in this preference, but "The Ballad of John and Yoko" has been on my list of the best half-dozen Beatles ...
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Wednesday, August 01, 2007

Who Was He?

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Several years ago, I went through a short period of time during which I came across a bunch of Scandinavian related 45's and 78's th...
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007

HE'S CUT-UP GOOD!!!

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A friend of mine recently posted one of his montages of sound to his site, so I thought I'd put up a few of my "Cut-Up" tapes....
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Saturday, July 28, 2007

My New Favorite Record

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I first heard this song about four months ago, and since then, it's sometimes seemed like it's the only thing I've been listenin...
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Saturday, July 22, 2006

A Few Pieces of Driftwood

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Jimmie Driftwood was a middle-aged Arkansas schoolteacher who, among other things, had been adapting and rewriting old songs, as well as wri...
Saturday, July 01, 2006

Change of Pace

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For the most part, I really do understand why the songs I've posted here are "obscure". My tastes are hardly in the mainstream...

A Thoroughly Unpleasant Man

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And here is "I Ain't Changin'" by Jamie Marlowe. Now, here we have the real "difficult listening" file.  I don...
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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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