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, April 25, 2013

A Sammy Marshall/Kris Arden Globe Acetate!

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Another rarity today! Perhaps not as rare as a Stylecraft 78, or a Cubs song-poem, the combination of which was shared a few weeks ag...
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Thursday, April 18, 2013

BIG NEWS!!!

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Before getting to this week's offering, I have some big news! This has been long-in-the-works, but today, I can finally announce that t...
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Friday, April 12, 2013

1060 W. Addisong-poem: The Clark and Addison Song-Poem

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HAPPY CUBS SEASON!!! I know most people are calling it baseball season, but that's just because they're not Cubs fans. W...
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Thursday, April 04, 2013

Get Some Other Fool!

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Before getting to this week's songs, I thought I'd point out that two of my last three posts at WFMU have had song-poem connections...
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Friday, March 29, 2013

Um... You Might Want to Rephrase That...

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Every now and then, a song-poem becomes available that I really have to try and get, just because of the title. It could turn out to be a ...
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Thursday, March 21, 2013

Not Every Song is Meant for a Mixed Vocal Trio...

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Today, the second half of a little two week jog into the true fringes of the song-poem world, and another EP from the folks at the Fi...
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Friday, March 15, 2013

When I Write My Noval

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If the main focus of this site is a corner of the music world that is definitely on the fringes (and it is), then today's post and re...
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Thursday, March 07, 2013

Hooray For Mike Thomas!

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I sure do enjoy Mike Thomas. Admittedly, he couldn't really sing that well, and his garage-band-lite backing band always sounded...
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Thursday, February 28, 2013

He Better Pull Out!

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Since, by most accounts, my recent post of a Rodd Keith feature did not actually feature Rodd Keith on lead vocals, I thought I'd...
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Saturday, February 23, 2013

Road Trip!

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Today, we're going on a trip to Arkansas. I've been in 42 of the 50 states, by my count, and although I was only in Arkansas f...
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Thursday, February 14, 2013

A Halmark Love Letter

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It's St. Valentine's Day! And I know that when we speak of love, and of song poems, there are those of you who love the Halmark...
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Tuesday, February 05, 2013

That's Her Kissy Face - In Prison

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Continuing last week's feature of songs sent to me from a long-time song-poem pal, I've got two songs from a Cinema release, featuri...
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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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