Salutations™!!

The BCPF’s and my journey to Underdog Records yesterday was a successful and fruitful one. We got some good stuff and since you’re reading, let’s just jump to it, eh?

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• Kiss, Gene Simmons – Gene Simmons (my absolute favorite of the solo albums; I have Peter and Paul on back order – new)
• Sufjan Stevens • Nico Muhly • Bryce Dessner • James McAlister – Planetarium (new)
• Various – Grease
• Queen – The Game
• Jerry Goldsmith – Patton (Original Motion Picture Score)
• Men At Work – Two Hearts
• Michael McDonald – If That’s What It Takes
• Elton John – Ice On Fire
• Fleetwood Mac – Bare Trees
• Diana Ross And The Supremes & The Temptations – Diana Ross & The Supremes Join The Temptations
• Terri Gibbs – Somebody’s Knockin’
• Bobbie Gentry – Ode To Billie Joe
• André Previn, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra* – Joseph Haydn – Symphony No 94/104
• Pointer Sisters – Break Out
• James Taylor  – Dad Loves His Work
• Led Zeppelin – The Soundtrack From The Film The Song Remains The Same
• Led Zeppelin – Physical Graffiti (I don’t know how good either of the Zep albums will sound, there are some pretty rough spots on each of them, they were in the $1 bin)
• Heart – Dreamboat Annie
• Bad Company – Bad Co
• Nino Rota – Romeo & Juliet
• Leland Hayward, Richard Halliday, Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein 2nd* Present Mary Martin – The Sound Of Music (Original Broadway Cast)
• Rod Stewart – A Night On The Town
• Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – The Beat Of The Brass
• Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – What Now My Love
• Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass – Sounds Like… (all three Alpert albums were given to me by my pal, Clay Howard)
• Lesley Gore – The Golden Hits Of Lesley Gore (Ma Mère had this when I was younger)
• Billy Joel – Piano Man
• Lionel Bart – Oliver!
• Readers Digest Association – Popular Music We All Love (9) Record Box Set 33 LP Readers Digest RCA (9 LP box set)
• Various – Hits From The Shows – The Greatest Music From Broadway (10 LP box set)

We listened to several of them yesterday and excluding the Gene Simmons album – because it’s Gene Simmons – and the Queen album, I was really, really impressed and happy with the Michael McDonald album. Great musicianship and production. But, Underdog was jumping yesterday and we had fun. If you’re into vinyl and haven’t been to Underdog Records, then shame on you. “I don’t have a turntable,” you say? Well, Underdog has you covered. They have turntables, receivers, and speakers for sale. Pick one and find a whole new joy in music. And, if you’re not using Discogs to curate your LP collection, then you’re also missing out. If (goodness forbid) something happens, you need to know what you had to turn in to insurance and to recollect if you are so inclined.

Until tomorrow, same blog channel…
Happy listening!

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“I keep forgettin’ we’re not in love anymore. I keep forgettin’ things will never be the same again. I keep forgettin’ how you made that so clear. I keep forgettin’.” – “I Keep Forgettin’ (Every Time You’re Near)” (McDonald, Sanford, Leiber, Stoller)