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, July 23, 2009

I Can Only Imagine.....

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Every now and then I listen to a particularly bizarre song-poem and get to wondering: If this particular record had arrived at a radio sta...
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Saturday, July 18, 2009

YEE-HAH!!!

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Every once in a long while, during my song-poem collecting life, there comes the opportunity to buy a record I never thought I'd see a...
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Thursday, July 09, 2009

A Bit of MSR

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As I think I've mentioned here before, I'm not really a fan of the MSR label. There are records on the label (mostly from their ea...
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Friday, July 03, 2009

A Confusing Label

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I get a big kick out of the label of the record I've put above this text. It's the only Tin Pan Alley record in my collection with...
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Upcoming Song-Poem Event in Chicago

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I've received a couple of messages in the past week regarding an upcoming song-poem event in Chicago. I'll actually be out of town t...
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Sunday, June 28, 2009

Wendy

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Today's post is a change of pace, and is far overdue at that. I've not written about my own life here much, and not really at all ab...
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Thursday, June 25, 2009

What He Ain't Got

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I thought I'd include in today's posting a scan of the sleeve that was on this single when I bought it. While I'm not sure it ...
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Friday, June 19, 2009

Floating On Air

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Today, I'm offering up one of the prizes from my collection - a four song EP on the Air label. Air seems to have been (at least in par...
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Monday, June 15, 2009

Special Request Day

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Today, a mixed bag of items gathered from a variety of sources, posted at the request of and/or thanks to a few folks who have contacted m...
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Friday, June 05, 2009

He'd Call This World a Heaven

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Today, let's delve just a bit into the fascinating, confusing world of Norridge Mayhams. I can't begin to do justice to his story wi...
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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Sing a Happy Song

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Here's a low-numbered (i.e. early phase) Rodd Keith Preview single which I have been enjoying recently. I'm a fan of the b-side, w...
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Thursday, May 21, 2009

A Pair of Noval-Tees

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I have very little time this week - in any year, during the third week of May, for several reasons, one of which I'll post about over th...
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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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