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.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

John Cleese Sings!

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During an interview many years ago, on David Letterman's show, John Cleese told the story of his first work in America, as a chorus sing...
Friday, April 25, 2008

I Love a Mystery

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Anyone who knows me probably knows I love a good musical mystery. My passion for an album called "Musical Memories of Camp Bryn Afon...
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Monday, March 10, 2008

His Name is Barker Bill

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I thought I might toot my own horn here a bit, and share a little piece I recorded almost eight years ago. This was the first recording I di...
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Monday, February 25, 2008

It's All Elvis' Fault

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I love calypso music. Over the last several years, I've come around to the way of thinking that says that, at least in its original Trin...
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Saturday, February 09, 2008

Mom

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Well, there's been no activity here for some time, and that's almost entirely due to the death of my mother at the end of last ye...
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Saturday, November 24, 2007

That's Rock and Roll

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I think that sometimes I go on too long about the recordings I'm sharing here, so today, I'll just say that I'm offering up a ...
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Friday, November 23, 2007

Drama Queen

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I'll say right off the bat that today's selection is one which may have many listeners having the sort of negative response which ...
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007

Guessing Game

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I have no real clue how many folks are reading the these posts, but I wanted to involve as many people as possible by asking you to guess th...
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Saturday, November 03, 2007

Frantic Pointlessness

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I frequently buy used reel to reel tapes, if either the price is right, or the contents look intriguing, or both. I tend to come into posses...
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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...
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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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