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Post by chiyankee on Feb 29, 2024 9:42:50 GMT -5
I used to work in a store and we’d have Casey on every week. I remember having a stake in it, being pissed off when he picked the “wrong” songs…I had a fit when Jonathan Edwards’s “Sunshine” went #1 over “Maggie May”… Edward's "Sunshine" and "Shanty" were OK songs but "Maggie May" is legendary. I'm a big fan of Stewart's early work as a solo artist and with Faces and The Jeff Beck Group. In the mid 70's he took a turn for the worse and even went full disco with Do Ya Think I'm Sexy.  |
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Post by azbob643 on Feb 29, 2024 9:44:32 GMT -5
"Meet The Beatles"...'64...Mono... For me it was Dynamite (Hits of 1974), when I was 8 years old. It was comprised of the following great and some not so great hits: The Night Chicago Died
Takin' Care Of Business
This Flight Tonight
Be Thankful For What You Got
I Shot The Sheriff
Hollywood Swinging
Stuck In The Middle With You
I'm A Train
Rock Your Baby
Honky Cat
Seasons In The Sun
Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo
Meet Me At The Corner Down At Joe's Cafe
Save The Last Dance For Me
Rings
The Lord's Prayer
Love's Theme
Show And Tell
On An On
Let's Put It All Together
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Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Nazareth
William DeVaughn
Eric Clapton
Kool & the Gang
Stealers Wheel
Albert Hammond
George McCrae
Elton John
Terry Jacks
Rick Derringer
Peter Noone
The DeFranco Family
Lobo
Sister Janet Mead
Love Unlimited Orchestra
Al Wilson
Gladys Knight & the Pips
The Stylistics
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Post by inger on Feb 29, 2024 9:45:36 GMT -5
"Meet The Beatles"...'64...Mono... For me it was Dynamite (Hits of 1974), when I was 8 years old. It was comprised of the following great and some not so great hits: The Night Chicago Died
Takin' Care Of Business
This Flight Tonight
Be Thankful For What You Got
I Shot The Sheriff
Hollywood Swinging
Stuck In The Middle With You
I'm A Train
Rock Your Baby
Honky Cat
Seasons In The Sun
Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo
Meet Me At The Corner Down At Joe's Cafe
Save The Last Dance For Me
Rings
The Lord's Prayer
Love's Theme
Show And Tell
On An On
Let's Put It All Together
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Bachman-Turner Overdrive
Nazareth
William DeVaughn
Eric Clapton
Kool & the Gang
Stealers Wheel
Albert Hammond
George McCrae
Elton John
Terry Jacks
Rick Derringer
Peter Noone
The DeFranco Family
Lobo
Sister Janet Mead
Love Unlimited Orchestra
Al Wilson
Gladys Knight & the Pips
The Stylistics
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I got one of those type records off a TV ad once without knowing none of the songs were by the original artists. Some weren’t even decent covers… |
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Post by inger on Feb 29, 2024 9:48:39 GMT -5
Edward's "Sunshine" and "Shanty" were OK songs but "Maggie May" is legendary. I'm a big fan of Stewart's early work as a solo artist and with Faces and The Jeff Beck Group. In the mid 70's he took a turn for the worse and even went full disco with Do Ya Think I'm Sexy. I was initially pissed off at Stewart for “Sexy” and “Infatuation”, but I can actually listen to both of them now and enjoy the nostalgia. Now, that can’t be said of Dave Seville’s BeeGees. I still hate their disco phase, but it made them rich, rich men… |
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Post by azbob643 on Feb 29, 2024 10:25:08 GMT -5
I got one of those type records off a TV ad once without knowing none of the songs were by the original artists. Some weren’t even decent covers… Anyone a member of "Columbia House"? Several albums for a penny with a promise to buy more at "full price". Yeah...right. |
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Post by chiyankee on Feb 29, 2024 10:30:43 GMT -5
I got one of those type records off a TV ad once without knowing none of the songs were by the original artists. Some weren’t even decent covers… Anyone a member of "Columbia House"? Several albums for a penny with a promise to buy more at "full price". Yeah...right. I remember Columbia House sending out order cards every month and you had to send it back to them or they would automatically send you the selection of the month, which was usually some LP or CD that you would never buy in the first place. |
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Post by azbob643 on Feb 29, 2024 10:36:33 GMT -5
Anyone a member of "Columbia House"? Several albums for a penny with a promise to buy more at "full price". Yeah...right. I remember Columbia House sending out order cards every month and you had to send it back to them or they would automatically send you the selection of the month, which was usually some LP or CD that you would never buy in the first place. Yep...I think I actually got a "record player" included in my first order. But it was usually the gullible young teenager in the house who signed up, so their "contract" wasn't enforceable. Eventually they just stopped sending albums (CDs didn't exist when I was a "member"). |
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Post by kaybli on Feb 29, 2024 10:39:38 GMT -5
I got one of those type records off a TV ad once without knowing none of the songs were by the original artists. Some weren’t even decent covers… Anyone a member of "Columbia House"? Several albums for a penny with a promise to buy more at "full price". Yeah...right. I remember that scam 😆 |
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Post by azbob643 on Feb 29, 2024 10:39:47 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of Stewart's early work as a solo artist and with Faces... "Itchykoo Park" (pre-Stewart Small Faces) was a favorite of mine. |
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Post by inger on Feb 29, 2024 10:50:39 GMT -5
I'm a big fan of Stewart's early work as a solo artist and with Faces... "Itchykoo Park" (pre-Stewart Small Faces) was a favorite of mine. “You’re So Rude” is still my jam… |
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Post by bomberhojoe on Feb 29, 2024 10:56:18 GMT -5
Anyone a member of "Columbia House"? Several albums for a penny with a promise to buy more at "full price". Yeah...right. I remember that scam 😆 BMG also had that scam, I think EMI too. I actually joined BMG ... got my 8 albums for a penny ... bought 1 more for probably $12 to $14 and then quit. You could beat the scam if you remembered to quit. |
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Post by inger on Feb 29, 2024 11:02:30 GMT -5
I guess everybody was in those clubs at one time or another. I did it, and then later we got into one with CDs. The Time/Life thing…
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Post by fwclipper51 on Feb 29, 2024 14:07:25 GMT -5
I remember all of those record clubs. I once got 8 Columbia House albums that were on the Columbia Records label that were warped. So, I send the lot back to the club, address to the President of the Club. Boy, did I get a letter back from their marketing dept., please do not do that again! I guess that someone got their butt ripped. But, I did get 8 new albums back in perfect condition. I had excellent luck with the Time-Life Rock Era Series, including the special albums of a single group, plus some classic Rock and roll Christmas albums, I love the Drifter's "White Christmas" (1953), being done in do-wop style.
Clipper
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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 29, 2024 14:22:25 GMT -5
My first purchase was a Beach Boys LP. I was around 10, I think it was The Beach Boys Today. Excellent choice, brother. Yep, spring of 1965. You were quite precocious. It marked a definite musical advancement for Brian Wilson, with more sophisticated instrumentation on some of the ballads ("Please Let Me Wonder" and "She Knows Me Too Well" and "Kiss Me Baby") plus the usual run of hits ("Dance Dance Dance" and "When I Grow Up" and "Help Me Rhonda"). Two songs from the under-appreciated Dennis Wilson ("Do You Wanna Dance" and "The Back Of My Mind"). Still considered by Beach Boys cognescenti to be one of their best. They took another step forward with their next album in the summer of 65 "Summer Days and Summer Nights" which some consider a warm up for "Pet Sounds" in 66. I've got a few years on you, but my first album purchase was also a Beach Boys effort "Surfin' Safari" in late 1962. Well, I bought it along with "The Amazing James Brown" on sale at Korvette's for $2.77 each. "Surfin' Safari" was their first and most simplistic album, lots of filler, but it had the title song and "409" and that was enough for me. I wasn't sure at the time what a "four-speed, dual-quad positraction 409" was, but I knew that I needed to find out. I wanted a V-neck knit sweater like the kind the Boys were wearing on the cover of BBT, especially the blue one Dennis Wilson wore. I went to great lengths to find out who made them, including actually calling Capitol Records in Hollywood in those pre-direct dialing days. Some nice young receptionist there took pity on me and looked into it. She got back to me a few days later with the answer -- it was JPress. I was able to find a local clothing store that carried their line and got my sweater. It didn't make me look as studly as Dennis Wilson, but it was still a cool sweater. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Feb 29, 2024 14:25:32 GMT -5
I remember all of those record clubs. I once got 8 Columbia House albums that were on the Columbia Records label that were warped. So, I send the lot back to the club, address to the President of the Club. Boy, did I get a letter back from their marketing dept., please do not do that again! I guess that someone got their butt ripped. But, I did get 8 new albums back in perfect condition. I had excellent luck with the Time-Life Rock Era Series, including the special albums of a single group, plus some classic Rock and roll Christmas albums, I love the Drifter's "White Christmas" (1953), being done in do-wop style.
Clipper Oh man, maybe my favorite Christmas song ever. At least in my Top Ten. Often referred to as "the strutting version." Featuring the magnificent Clyde McPhatter, one of the greatest soul singers ever. Although the term "soul music" wasn't around in those days. I wonder what Irving Berlin thought of it. |
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