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.

Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Sammy is Such a Sandy Singer

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It's been quite a while since I offered up a slice of Sammy Marshall - four months, it seems. That's understandable, I guess - wh...
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Friday, May 18, 2018

Dick is a Real Pro

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Howdy, everyone,   First, I wanted to thank everyone for their recent comments. I would like to point you to Darryl Bullock's sugg...
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Tuesday, May 08, 2018

A May Treat - A Full Song-Poem Album, Courtesy of Iris Tipton

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As I've alluded to, perhaps a bit too often, actually, I've not exactly been providing a song-poem record "a week", more ...
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Monday, April 30, 2018

Something a Bit Different from Tin Pan Alley

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Hi, As I wrote on my other blog, and reiterate today, time is simply getting away from me this month. So just a relative few words abou...
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Monday, April 16, 2018

Carof and the Boys with a Folk-Song-Poem Single

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I have a rather unusual release for you today, unusual for a few different reasons. The record was released on the Inner-Glo label, a l...
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Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Little Jeannie Greer

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As I've written before, posting songs from the Fable Label poses an interesting dilemma. Most of the songs on the label were probably...
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Saturday, March 31, 2018

Caveman, Christ and the Drifter

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Today, we have a 1964 single on the tiny Caveman label, featuring two singers I've never featured before. in fact, I've never own...
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Monday, March 26, 2018

Rockin' Rod and Big Jo

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  Today, a very special number from our friends at Air Records. Air seems to have been a community war-horse for the song-poem fact...
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Saturday, March 17, 2018

"I'm As Good As You Think You Are..."

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Howdy, everyone,  I first want to thank Sammy Reed for calling my attention to the fact that sometimes, if you click on comments, or po...
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Friday, March 09, 2018

A Jimmy Drake Rarity On a Tiny Label

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Okay, so I'm not going to claim any greatness for today's record, but it is historically important for those of us in song-poem f...
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Some Records Just Demand to Be Shared Immediately!

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First, I want to thank stalwart reader and frequent offer of comments Sammy Reed, who made sure to alert me to a sale for a well known song...
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Friday, February 16, 2018

"Okay, That Was Good - Now, Once More, Just a Bit More Obnoxiously"

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So I just heard this record for the first time this week, and even though it's a Christmas song-poem, I didn't want to wait ten m...
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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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