Thursday, June 30, 2016

Sammy's Tears

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First up, here is yet another vintage song-poem ad. This one is from 1948. Unlike the others, this one has a clear and direct link to some o...
Thursday, June 23, 2016

A Subject Rarely Heard About in Song-Poems, Plus, a Full Album!

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I know posts have been sparse around here lately, due to other pressing matters in my life, as well as a vacation, so to make up for the lac...
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Sunday, June 12, 2016

Decaying Dick

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First, here is another in the series of ads that correspondent Pete has generously contributed to this blog, this one from 1948, and again ...
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Monday, May 30, 2016

Freedom Boys

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Howdy, everyone,  As promised, here is yet another vintage song-poem ad, dug up, rescued and sent my way by a reader named Pete. This o...
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Thursday, May 26, 2016

Religious Rodd

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Howdy, y'all,   First, it's time for my yearly explanation that the middle of May is exceptionally busy around our house, which...
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Sunday, May 08, 2016

Call Your Mother!

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Howdy, everyone,  Before getting to today's feature, I'd like to offer up the first of a series of ads that a reader and corres...
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Monday, May 02, 2016

A Panoramic Port of Call

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  Following the intricacies of some of the smaller song poem label's relationships with the bigger song-poem factories can be a b...
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Thursday, April 21, 2016

The Top Notch Sound of Top Rock

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There's not much more I can say about Cara Stewart records. I love them. She has only a few templates, but as with Fats Domino, who a...
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Monday, April 11, 2016

Cleverer Than the Av-Er-Age Song Poet!

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When listening to a stack of song-poems, the majority of which, I assure you, are wholly uninspired both lyrically and musically, it...
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Monday, April 04, 2016

Astonishing!

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Last week, I wrote, regarding an particularly odd record called "Lonesome Sad and Blue" , that one of the reasons the record re...
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Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Otherworldly Sounds

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Okay, this one is weird on several levels. As I've documented here (in posts which are, unfortunately, not currently able to play so...
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Sunday, March 13, 2016

Storming the Chapel

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To start, a few responses to comments.... First, thanks to everyone who has been reading and listening - I appreciate your eyes and ears o...
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