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, August 30, 2013

Tin Pan Alley Does Vietnam

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Today, I have a record provided to me (and all of you) by a correspondent named Justin. He initially wrote me about Mike Thomas' perf...
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Sunday, August 25, 2013

The Longest Song-Poem Ever???

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In one sense, when you pick up a Halmark record, you can be pretty sure what you're going to get. In another way though, there...
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Saturday, August 17, 2013

The Great Joe Noto/Phyllis Ruby Team

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It's vacation week here, and although we're still at home (we're the ones being visited by relatives), I'm still spending...
Friday, August 09, 2013

Sammy and John at the Hot Springs Spa!

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This week, we have Sammy Marshall, appearing on only one side of the disk, which comes to us on a label not recorded at the AS/PMA w...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

I Love Canada

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Not only does the USA have its birthday in July, so do our neighbors to the north. And before the last seconds of this fine month tick ...
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Moon Man

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Last weekend, in addition to featuring the day I stopped being the parent of a teenager (as my younger daughter turned 20), also marke...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Back in Business!

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Hi, everyone! Well, as you may have seen on other blogs, or learned for yourself, Divshare is back up and running. Thanks to everyon...
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Tuesday, July 09, 2013

On Hold

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As you may have seen on other blogs, Divshare has had a meltdown the past ten days or so. They keep giving updates, but key parts of their s...
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Monday, July 01, 2013

The SOUND of Puget Sound!

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Earlier this week, I spent a wonderful day with my best pal Stu , with whom I've also shared a love of, and a passion for colle...
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Tuesday, June 25, 2013

A One Sided Acetate... How Noval

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I'm a little late this week, due to some connectivity problems, among other things - I hope to be back on an end-of-the-week/weekend ...
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Sunday, June 16, 2013

When is Bob Storm NOT Bob Storm?

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Or maybe the better question is, who was/is Bob Storm? One of the most confounding things - among many - about the Halmark label is...
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Monday, June 10, 2013

His Carolina Woman

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Here's a record I was quite pleased to be able to pick up, a few months ago. I've known this side of the record for years - it wa...
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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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