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.

Saturday, July 27, 2024

Two Very Different Goodbyes

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This month, I was lucky enough to obtain yet another Norm Burns 45, although technically this record is by "Lew Tobin's Orchestra ...
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Saturday, July 20, 2024

The Shortest Song-Poem Title Ever?

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First up, a quick thank you to "Nedzilla" for a really great comment. I enjoyed it mightily. Actually, now that I look back at tha...
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Sunday, July 14, 2024

Another Michigan "Air-Loom"

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 Howdy folks,  First, just a quick nod to Sammy Reed, who has posted an entire song-poem album  here . And now for an echo of a post from a ...
Sunday, June 30, 2024

B-Atlas Redux

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First, I want to thank everyone who has been commenting lately. There've been a few folks who have also gone back and listened to things...
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Sunday, June 23, 2024

Rocket 88??? NO! This is Rocket 99!!

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Perhaps you are familiar with the classic R & B record "Rocket 88". If not, I encourage you to familiarize yourself with it no...
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Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Come See the Man! After All, Vicki Sees Him!

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 Any time I acquire a song-poem record on a small or tiny label, if at least one of the songs is at all worth sharing, for any reason, I lik...
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Thursday, May 30, 2024

You Get No Love from Gene OR the Squires

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This is a sort of fascinating record. While not every Preview release has been documented yet, and that will probably never happen, there is...
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Saturday, May 25, 2024

What the HELL is He Singing About?

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When I first decided to share this record, "The Rocking Chair Brand", it was mostly because of Billy Grey's forced, borderline...
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Monday, May 13, 2024

When the Rooster Crows...

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A belated Happy Mother's Day to all Mother's who are reading this post, and all those who have or had a Mother.  Today I have an Air...
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Monday, April 29, 2024

Cardinal Rodd

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Before I get to today's songs, a bit of a backstory. Nearly four years ago, in this post , I shared an EP of Sammy, er, Sonny Marshall s...
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Monday, April 22, 2024

Norm and Joe

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In the early days of the Sterling label, when they were creating a sound I truly love, one of the first singers hired was someone named Joe ...
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Friday, April 12, 2024

How Charming!

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  Well, I've been super busy, and it's been almost two weeks since I posted. I really don't have much time even now, so I won...
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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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