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Making Up Monday or: The Haul 6/24/17

26 Monday Jun 2017

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.38 Special, Barbra Streisand, Blood Sweat and Tears, Charade, Cole Porter, Duran Duran, Elliott Smith, Fiddler on the Roof, Foreigner, George Segal, Goldfinger, Henry Mancini, Howard Jones, Jim Croce, John Barry, John Lennon, K-Tel Records, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mary's Gourmet Diner, Mikis Theodorakis, Miklos Rozsa, Phil Collins, Plastic Ono Band, Prince, Purple Rain, Robert Palmer, Robert Plant, Shadow Springs, Sly and the Family Stone, Stevie Nicks, The Who, To Sir With Love, Underdog Records, Windsor Run Cellars, Zero Mostel

Salutations™!!

Here I am, making up or catching up after the weekend’s seemingly non-stop party. It started as usual with breakfast at Mary’s Gourmet Diner and then heading over to Underdog Records, where we picked up some great stuff before heading to Windsor Run Cellars and then Shadow Springs wineries (they’re owned by the same cool folks). Then on to Willows Bistro for great food and beverage. Here’s the haul for this week:R-450842-1249177353.jpeg

  • Prince And The Revolution – Purple Rain (anniversary edition, new)
  • Elliott Smith – Figure 8 (numbered limited edition, #429 out of 2,016 on green smoke clear vinyl, NM)
  • Elliott Smith – XO (numbered limited edition, #52 of 2,016 on dark smoke clear vinyl, NM)
  • Lennon / Plastic Ono Band – Shaved Fish
  • Robert Palmer – Riptide
  • The Who – Who Are You
  • Stevie Nicks – Rock A Little
  • Howard Jones – Dream Into Action (I had this on cassette right after it came out, I love the album version of “No One is to Blame.” The hit version was remixed by Phil Collins. Speaking of Phil Collins)
  • Phil Collins – Hello, I Must Be Going!
  • 38 Special – Special Forces
  • Robert Plant – Shaken ‘N’ Stirred
  • Sly & The Family Stone – Greatest Hits
  • Mikis Theodorakis – Zorba The Greek (Original Soundtrack)
  • Various – Armstrong Presents Cole Porter’s Kiss Me Kate – Original ABC Television Sound Track
  • Jim Croce – I Got A Name
  • Various – Music Power (A K-Tel compilation album from 1974 that my mother had when I was a child; I knew it right away)
  • Foreigner – Double Vision
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd – Nuthin’ Fancy (yeah, I am not a fan of Skynyrd, but I dug it when we reviewed it for Eugeology)
  • Miklos Rozsa – Ben-Hur Deluxe Edition
  • Duran Duran – Duran Duran
  • Various – Zero Mostel In Fiddler On The Roof (The Original Broadway Cast Recording)
  • John Barry – Goldfinger (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
  • Henry Mancini – Charade
  • Barbra Streisand, George Segal, Blood, Sweat & Tears – The Owl And The Pussycat (Comedy Highlights And Music From The Soundtrack)
  • Various – To Sir, With Love Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

It was a light week for us, but still a lot of fun! If you’re wanting to get into (or back into) record collecting, then Underdog Records is the place to start. Old stuff, new stuff, reissues, equipment, etc. You should also use Discogs to catalog your collection!

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“Yeah, I know it’s kind of strange. Every time I’m near you I just run out of things to say. I know you’d understand. Every time I tried to tell you the words just came out wrong. So, I’ll have to say I love you in a song.” – “I’ll Have to Say I Love You in a Song” (Croce)

Not-at-All Silent Sunday or: Brush with the Famous

17 Sunday Apr 2016

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Artivity on the Green, Chuck Loeb, DiLisio's, Eclectibles Shop, Eric Clapton, Fourplay, Grease, Mad Men, Mary's Gourmet Diner, Michael McDonald, MTV Unplugged, Nathan East, Phil Collins, Philip Bailey, Ray Parker Jr., RiverRun International Film Festival, Stevie Wonder, The BCPF, The Less Desirables, WSNC

Salutations™!!

Friday night was a blast! As Media Sponsor for RiverRun International Film Festival, I get passes to almost all of the parties and events. We decided that Friday, we were going to go the cocktail reception event that happened almost every night of the festival, get a drink or three and what was going on and see who we knew. We met up with our pals the Dyers and their friend Nancy. I asked what they were doing and they said going to the pass

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L to R: The BCPF, Tom, Robin, Nancy, me Photo© Tom

holder’s lounge and then to the Spark party. Cool, we didn’t have plans so we’d go to the pass holder’s lounge with them and check to see if my credentials got me into the Spark party.

The pass holder’s lounge is actually RiverRun’s office which happens to be in the same building (currently) as The Less Desirables Studios. I like free beer, and it’s a decent beer, but I was kind of over with Stella. I invited the Dyers and Nancy to head down and raid the TLD fridge for some craft brews, instead. We all went down, The BCPF took her wine down and we all sat in the studio drinking beer. I needed to clear room in that fridge anyways. Nancy went back up to RiverRun to fill The BCPF’s glass and when she came back (I had to let her in), she had gained a friend along the way. His name was Nathan and he’s a film maker that was involved with the film. So, he wanted to eat his salad and we gave him a beer. Turns out he’s a bass player, he handed me a pick that had his name and such on it, kind of like his business card. Cool stuff. I’m a bass player and we left it at that. Spark party happened and we took turns hanging in the photo booth getting a bit tipsy and having a good time.

Saturday, The BCPF and I had to get to our accountant’s office to sign our e-file forms for taxes. We then went into downtown WSNC and I took her to Eclectibles Shop, a little antiques/bookstore/and curiosity shop. The BCPF loves stuff like that and I heard they had

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Nathan East. Photo©RiverRun

vinyl in the basement. I didn’t buy vinyl, but I did purchase three songbooks. One was the original Broadway edition, vocal and instrumental, score for Grease, the Phil Collins Anthology and “Songs from the 70s.” We then had breakfast at Mary’s Gourmet Diner and walked around downtown a bit. We stopped at the Artivity on the Green and sat on a bench watching people enjoying the park. I know I’ve said it before, but I really want to retract my statement about not like it. I see the people enjoying it, the wonder they have about and what it does for the community. It’s alright in my book. Then we went home for a while before having dinner at DiLisio’s Italian Restaurant. Then, we went back home and watched the rest of the first season of  Mad Men, our latest binge.

After about 1am, The BCPF had had enough and went to bed. I put on my headphones, cranked up Rhapsody and went through some Phil Collins songs. One of my favorite songs is “Easy Lover” by Collins and Philip Bailey. As I was looking at the songwriting credits, it said it was written by Phil Collins, Philip Bailey and Nathan East. Hmmm. Why does that name sound so familiar to me? Nathan East. Hey! Wait a minute. I looked up Nathan East on Wikipedia and who do I see there? The same Nathan that was just a little over 24 hours prior, sitting in my studio drinking one of my beers with me and the gang. So, I had someone who has platinum albums (with Fourplay), has written songs with Phil Collins (and Philip Bailey), toured with Michael McDonald, Stevie Wonder, Chuck Loeb and Ray Parker, Jr. in my studio, eating a salad and drinking my beer. He’s also toured with Eric Clapton and is the bass player featured on the famous MTV Unplugged featuring Eric Clapton. Whoa! And, I had no idea who he was, then. Still, it was awesome after the fact, too.

So my weekend was great. How was yours?

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Scorp out!

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“She’ll get a hold on you believe it.” – “Easy Lover” (Collins/Bailey/East)

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