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, August 28, 2018

His Mammy and His Mammy-In-Law

›
Today, I have a downright peculiar sets of lyrics from the pen of one Jay Andrews, set to music by the Globe song-poem factory, assigned ...
2 comments:
Thursday, August 16, 2018

In Memory of Elvis on 8/16/18

›
It's been 41 years since the King of Rock and Roll last saw the inside of an earthly bathroom, and in honor of this death anniversary, ...
5 comments:
Monday, August 06, 2018

The King is Gone, and So Are Some Squirrels

›
It's been ages - oddly enough, exactly a year, actually - since I featured a Halmark single here. There's a good reason for that....
4 comments:
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Cut-Rate, Dime-Store Zeppelin

›
  I'll write it again: "Cut-Rate, Dime-Store Zeppelin". That's exactly what I thought upon listening to "Har...
5 comments:
Monday, July 16, 2018

A Jaw-Dropping Rodd Keith Record

›
Relatively early in my days of song-poem collecting, I asked song-poem maven Phil Milstein for his insight into what was the most popular...
4 comments:
Wednesday, July 04, 2018

MAMBO-ITIS!!!

›
Today, we're going to travel back in time, to the era when America was Mambo crazy, and join with one of my favorite early song-poem ...
1 comment:
Wednesday, June 27, 2018

Howden Records

›
First, thanks to the good folks at Blogger, the problem with pop-up ads has, I'm told, been addressed. Please let me know if that's...
2 comments:
Sunday, June 17, 2018

Roger and Ronnie, Margie and Hawaii

›
First and foremost, Happy Father's Day to all of you fathers out there, and to the fathers of everyone reading this! Here's my...
2 comments:
Thursday, June 07, 2018

Rod Rogers on Lane Records!

›
Lane Records - apparently the property o f George E. Clements - appears to have been among the tiniest of tiny labels. The AS/PMA we...
2 comments:
Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Sammy is Such a Sandy Singer

›
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...
2 comments:
Friday, May 18, 2018

Dick is a Real Pro

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

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

›
As I've alluded to, perhaps a bit too often, actually, I've not exactly been providing a song-poem record "a week", more ...
9 comments:
‹
›
Home
View web version

About Me

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.
View my complete profile
Powered by Blogger.